<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bram Fudzulani</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beatblam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">beatblam@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 4:37 PM<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks</div><div>Bram<br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div>Begin forwarded message:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Moses Karanja <<a href="mailto:mnkaranja@strathmore.edu" target="_blank">mnkaranja@strathmore.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 6 August 2016 at 2:48:03 PM CAT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:fastafrica@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">fastafrica@lists.riseup.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[fastafrica] Ethiopia experiencing Internetshutdown amid political protests</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Moses Karanja <<a href="mailto:mnkaranja@strathmore.edu" target="_blank">mnkaranja@strathmore.edu</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:Candara">Hello FASTAfrica, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:Candara">Ethiopia is experiencing a targeted Internet
shutdown, a government response to protests sweeping across the country. This
is the third shutdown the Eastern Africa country has experienced in the last
two months. Protestors have been met with brutal police force with reports
indicating dozens have been killed, hundreds of protestors injured and
thousands arrested in less than 6 hours.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font face="Candara">This is a request to you to:</font></p><div>
<ol><li><font face="Candara">Seek to know more of what is happening in
Ethiopia. You can check <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#OromoProtests&src=tyah" target="_blank">#OromoProtests</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#AmharaProtests&src=typd" target="_blank">#AmharaP<wbr>rotests</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EthiopiaProtests?src=hash" target="_blank">#EthiopiaProtests</a> <wbr>online.</font></li><li><font face="Candara">Amplify the message against #Internetshutdowns</font></li><li><font face="Candara">Direct Ethiopians on VPNs or services they can
use to get back online as soon as possible.</font></li><li><font face="Candara">Put pressure on Ethiopian government to switch
back connection to social media and allow peaceful protests for the citizens.</font></li><li><font face="Candara">As the seat of the African Union, Ethiopia
ought to be on the frontline to uphold the African Charter on Human and
Peoples’ Rights which provides for the right to receive information and free
expression and that every individual has the right to liberty and to the
security of his person. </font></li></ol>
</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font face="Candara"><b> </b>With regards. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">__</p></div><div>
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