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<div>Walid and all Chapter delegates, </div>
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<div>Our thoughts and prayers are with you all in Yemen and around the world where you face conflict and danger.</div>
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<div>Last night we posted a blog from Raul supporting the Yemen's Chapter's call to keep the Internet open:</div>
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<div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/03/working-keep-internet-open-yemen" class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/03/working-keep-internet-open-yemen</a></font></div>
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<div>Please let us know that you are safe, </div>
<div>Kathy</div>
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On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:00 AM, Walid AL-SAQAF <<a href="mailto:walid.al-saqaf@isoc.ye">walid.al-saqaf@isoc.ye</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear friends and colleagues,
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<div>Those of you who followed the news lately may have heard about the intensifying conflict in Yemen, which has led to the blocking of of many news and dissident websites. </div>
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<div>Here's a story reflecting some of what happened:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404">http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404</a><br>
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<div>This is unprecedented and unacceptable. It obliged us as ISOC-Yemen to formally launch a campaign starting with the below statement (both in English and Arabic), which is to be widely circulated and published on our Facebook page here:</div>
<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/">https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/</a><br>
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<div>I'd appreciate your support by sharing, liking, commenting or take any other actions you can to help our campaign. You can also re-publish the text freely on your platforms.</div>
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<div>Our intention is to stress that Internet access should not tampered with by those involved in the conflict because it severely affects the confidence of end-users in the Internet as a whole and their ability to use it effectively.</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance for your support during those very difficult times in Yemen.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div>Walid Al-Saqaf</div>
<div>Chair, ISOC-Yemen</div>
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