May 19th Facebook Ban: Damage Assessment[]
On May 19th the Lahore High Courst issued a notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority requesting a ban on the Social Networking site, Facebook ...Continued
With immediate effect Pakistan's blog-sphere and Twitter-sphere jumped into action to protest the ban. A Twiter hashtag, #FBbanPk was created where Freedom Advocates and activist from the Pakistani diaspora have been shown at outcry at the ban.
Presently leading the campaign are @DrAwab, @Ramlas, @hushamahmed,@arrafiq
A dedicated Wiki page has been setup. You are encouraged to share any information that you have regarding the recent incident here.
Internet Filter Status[]
Technical Workaround Resources[]
- PKBlogs.com A free clone service for all Blogspot banned blogs. Modifies internal and external links to work perfectly in Pakistan.
- Firefox Extension by Ovais Khan
Press Releases, etc.[]
- Don't Block the Blog Campaign's release can be seen, amongst other places, on Zohare's blog at:
http://zohare.blogspot.com/2006/03/public-press-release-please-distribute.html - Reporters San Frontiers:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060513111807/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16678 - International Freedom of Expresion eXchange:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/72662/
Letters to the Editor[]
Blog Entries[]
- Zack (pioneer of the Urdu Blogsophere and the Urdu Wiki):
- Blogspot Blocked in Pakistan: http://www.zackvision.com/weblog/2006/03/blogspot-pakistan.html
- Danial:
- BlogSpot Banned in Pakistan: http://danial.pixelsndots.com/archives/380
- Pakistan Bans BlogSpot - Hysterical Censorship: http://danial.pixelsndots.com/archives/381
- Global Voices:
- iFaqeer:
- FittaymooN:
- Yasir Memon's Blog: Pakistan's Blogspot Ban: a nifty and quick fix
- Stabani.com: Pakistan Bites Back
News[]
- The Don't Block the Blog page is central site for tracking this. You can add material to this page yourself if you want.
- Chowk.com article by Kyla Pasha
- Washington Post (8th March 2006)
- BBC News: Pakistan blocks blogs on cartoons
- BBC Urdu Coverage (7th March 2006):
- The News article by Ethan Casey
- AsiaMedia: Pakistan: Blasphemous Websites to be Blocked, Orders SC
- Adnkronos International: Cartoon Crisis: Pakistan Government Directed to Block Websites
- Daily Times: Government Directed to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Websites
- The Nation: SC Orders to Block Blasphemous Websites
- Khalid Omer's article: Internet Censorship, the Pakistani way
- Dawn, The Review: The bloggers’ block by Mamun Adil
Websites Reported as Blocked in Pakistan[]
The following websites are reportedly banned in Pakistan, the references are mentioned in brackets.
- http://www.ostomaan.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.bso_na.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochclub.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://balochestan.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.rahimjaandehvari.blogfa.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://balochwarna.org.modules/news/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.zrombesh.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochunitedfront.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochistaninfo.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.bso-na.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochtawar.net/brw/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://oldmanclub.persianblog.com/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.al-baloushi.com/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochistan.cjb.not/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.sarbaaz.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.sagaar.tk [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://ngaran.blogfa.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.hazzaam.com/hazzaam.com/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochmedia.net [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.radiobalochi.org.archives/meny_shajarehname_aks.htm [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balushunion.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.payambaloch.persianblog.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.brohi.tk [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochistaninfo.com/balochanitawar/ [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.eurobaluchi.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balochunity.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.balouch.blogspot.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://balouch.blogspot.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://dochebaloch.persianblog.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.asaappublicetions.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.sindhtoday.net [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.worldsindhi.org [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.live365.com [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.golbang.nu [Reporters Without Borders]
- http://www.plusultrablog.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.zombietime.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.drawmohammed.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.nordish.net/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://mohammeddrawings.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://prophet.rydasrecords.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.jesusandmo.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.dumbreligion.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://danishcartoons.ytmnd.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://www.drawchrist.com/ [BBC Urdu, Plus Ultra Blog]
- http://codex.wordpress.org/ [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.thepresidentofpaksitan.org [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.SanaBaloch.com [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.Baloch2000.org [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.BalochFront.com [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.BalochVoice.com [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://www.hinduunity.com. [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://voiceofambition.com/ [As reported by Internet Users]
- http://michellemalkin.com [As reported by Internet Users]
Internet Freedom Resources[]
- http://www.opennetinitiative.net/
- Global Voices
- EFF:
http://www.eff.org - Reporters San Frontieres:
http://www.internet.rsf.org
They also have a "Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents"at:
http://web.archive.org/web/20051001152614/http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542 - http://www.peacefire.org/circumventor/simple-circumventor-instructions.html describes how to get around it by setting up a program called the Circumventor.
- Censorship Wikia: http://censorship.wikia.com
dmeurope.com Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) content-wire.com [blogger newswire that appears in google news] 1world communication GLIC (Global Internet Liberty Campaign) - gilc.org Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Rapid Response Network - apc.org International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) - ifex.org cyber-rights.org human rights watch new york - hrw.org peacefire.org interaction.org derechos.org