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Egypt blocks leading opposition website

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Middle East Online - May. 13 (News Report) - Egypt blocks leading opposition website Kefaya has been blocked in Egypt for users who have access to Internet through TE-Data since May 4. CAIRO - An Egyptian government-owned Internet service provider has blocked the website of a leading opposition movement, a rights group said Monday, in the latest crackdown on the country's cyber dissidents. "The website for the Egyptian Movement for Change - Kefaya has been blocked in Egypt for users who have access to the Internet through TE-Data ... since May 4," the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said in a statement. TE-Data, a branch of Telecom Egypt and the largest Internet service provider (ISP) in Egypt, is controlled by the Egyptian government. The censorship came as Egypt seeks to promote its information and communication technology industry by hosting the International Telecommunication Union conference, which President Hosni Mubarak opened on Monday.

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Ignoring Al Jazeera

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Middle East Online - By Lawrence Pintak - Apr. 03 (News Analysis) - It appears that Israel is taking a page from the George W. Bush book of public diplomacy: attempting to influence coverage by Arab media by boycotting the most influential television station in the Arab world. In the latest news from Jerusalem, it seems the Ehud Olmert government has decided Al Jazeera favours Hamas over Israel in the Gaza conflict and will now refuse to deal with its reporters.

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Reality Is Totally Different

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Middle East Online - By Dahr Jamail - Jan. 29 (Interview) - This March 19 will be the fifth anniversary of the shock-and-awe air assault on Baghdad that signaled the opening of the invasion of Iraq, and when it comes to the American occupation of that country, no end is yet in sight. If Republican presidential candidate John McCain has anything to say about it, the occupation may never end. On January 7th, he assured reporters that he was more than fine with the idea of the US military remaining in Iraq for 100 years. "We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea 50 years or so... As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That's fine with me." He said nothing, of course, about Iraqis "injured or harmed or wounded or killed." In fact, amid the flurries of words, accusations, and "debates" which have filled the airways and add up to the primary-season presidential campaign, there has been a near thunderous silence on Iraq lately -- and especially on Iraqis.

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