Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace
When we talk about repression of freedoms, we usually do so in the context of a single country.
Teeth Maestro is part of a group examining free expression on an entire continent. Here's a discussion of his contribution:
Dr. Awab Alvi, a practicing dentist in Karachi, shared the experience of his group, Don't Block the Blog, in its fight against Blogspot's wholesale blacklist of Pakistani blogs as a result of the controversy surrounding cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed in a bad light.
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Since 28th February (2006), Pakistani Bloggers’ Freedom of Speech has been under attack by some, if not all, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who has chosen to block all blogs hosted on the blogspot.com domain. Political pressure groups have protested to the government to block those web sites displaying the controversial cartoon images of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) that were hosted on the net. But instead of blocking specific sites, ISPs have simply blacklisted the entire domain, causing thousands of blogs to be inaccessible for viewing in Pakistan.
It is our point of view, that any censorship of blogs is unacceptable, be it a few offensive sites inciting a hateful stereotype, or hundreds of blogs protesting controversial caricatures or even the thousands of sites that remain indifferent to the issue.
And it doesn't work:
Is your blog blocked by the Pakistani Government?
If Yes then you can still access your blog anytime using pkblogs free Blog Gateway....
http://www.pkblogs.com/blogname
Try http://www.pkblogs.com/oemperor.
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