Bahraini Blogger Arrested
Seems Bahrain is taking a page from Iran with its arrests of its bloggers. Mahmood is reporting about a website owner that just got arrested.
From what I can tell the guy runs a website Bahrain Online which is an online forum and very vocal on their opinions and feelings to the Bahraini government and there seems to be an post written by someone that caused his arrest. Also seems that site has been banned by the Bahraini government for 3 years via BATELco and yet still generates 80,000 hits a day and 17,000 registered members (Proves censorship and firewalls dont work).
There will be a protest today at 3pm in Bahrain.
I myself feel safe about this and not expecting this to happen in Kuwait. For one reason is that we have had internet for a long time and online community is not something new for Kuwait, and that we have more freedom of speech here than other countries, one good example is our diwaniyas. What I say in my blog is something that I have said openly and freely in diwanyias. And that freedom in diwaniyas something that all Kuwaitis will always protect.
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well you be careful too :)
well as long you keep the amir out of it your fine
nothing is protected by law other than allah and the amir
I am turning GREEN…with envy.
Freedom of expression?
Sounds alien to me…
When we were children, we were routinely ordered to shut up whenever we voiced our opinion about anything.
Seems this will never change.
We will continue to remain children and ordered to shut up.
When i first read this post , a short movie played in my head , on kuwaity bloggers meeting , a special unit came on and arrest the bloggers :S , Becareful guys , it’s realy gonna happen here ,,,
It will not happen here BloBoz.
We might get more freedom, But other than that NO.