[Chapter-delegates] Your support needed: Internet in Yemen is under assault

[Carlos Vera Quintana]

Please keep us informed... we already twitt and face all this news and position, supporting it at @isocec 

Carlos Vera Quintana
Isoc Ecuador
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Sígueme @cveraq

> El 28/3/2015, a las 15:43, Walid AL-SAQAF <walid.al-saqaf at isoc.ye> escribió:
> 
> Dear Kathy,
> 
> It's refreshing indeed to see such swift support. I wish to thank you, Raul, Dan and all the others at ISOC as well as the many chapters that are supporting our efforts as ISOC-Yemen to expose and campaign against the recent acts of website blocking in Yemen. I'm also glad to inform you that chapter leaders in Yemen are safe and taking their safety precautions during this difficult time. Keep them and Yemen in your thoughts.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Walid Al-Saqaf
> Chair, ISOC-Yemen
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2015 12:52 PM, "Kathy Brown" <brown at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> Walid and all Chapter delegates, 
>> 
>> Our thoughts and prayers are with you all in Yemen and around the world where you face conflict and danger.
>> 
>> Last night we posted a blog from Raul supporting the Yemen's Chapter's call to keep the Internet open:
>> 
>> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/03/working-keep-internet-open-yemen
>> 
>> Please let us know that you are safe, 
>> Kathy
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:00 AM, Walid AL-SAQAF <walid.al-saqaf at isoc.ye> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> Here's a story reflecting some of what happened:
>> http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404
>> 
>> 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:
>> https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your support during those very difficult times in Yemen.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Walid Al-Saqaf
>> Chair, ISOC-Yemen
>> 
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