http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/headlines.cgi?q=4 en http://www.cyberdissidents.org/images/logo.jpg http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/headlines.cgi?q=4 http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1169&q=4 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:54:11 +0500   Interested in becoming an intern with CyberDissidents.org? If you would like to help us continue to support the voices of online democratic dissidents, apply to our internship program and join our New York office. In addition to helping support dissidents you will gain valuable experience in a variety of areas both technical and intellectual.  If you are interested in receiving additional information about our internship program or if you are interested in applying, please send your CV...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1147&q=4 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:22:47 +0500 AID Syria is a humanitarian campaign whose goal is to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The campaign, which is unaffiliated with any political party or entity, centers around a website that provides a means for donors to directly meet the needs of refugees. Donors are able to provide refugees with baby formula, blankets, provide housing for families, and volunteer as doctors and nurses.   To promote this campaign on Twitter, use #AidSyria.  To donate or volunteer, visit...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1145&q=4 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:42:33 +0500 Syrian dissident and Blogger Board member, Hadeel Kouki is speaking at the New America Foundation this afternoon.  She will be joining  Father Paolo, an Italian Jesuit priest, who was expelled by the Syrian government.  To view this interview live, click here.]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1140&q=4 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:00:18 +0500 During an interview with Kalamkom, a leading Moroccan online editorial, Kacem El Ghazzali discussed the new movement that he founded, Mayasaminch. The movement calls on Moroccans who do not observe Ramadan to eat publicly, as it is forbidden in Morocco to eat, drink, or smoke in public while observing Muslims are fasting. El Ghazzali told Kalamkom that the movement is not meant to just challenge the law that prohibits public eating during Ramadan, but is an initiative meant to defend the...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1112&q=4 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:17:31 +0500 Promptly following the arrest of protester Yasmin Bakaji, Syrian activists launched an online campaign to free the Syrian student within 24 hours. Bakaji, a 19 year-old engineering student at the University of Aleppo, was arrested on May 29, 2012, for participating in a demonstration. Bakaji?s colleagues started a Facebook page calling for her immediate release. The page quickly gained over 1,147 supporters. The campaign has even managed to transcend the internet and attract protestors on the...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=1034&q=4 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:08:29 +0500 We would like to invite all of our campus ambassadors to participate in a conference call with Syrian dissident Ali Nazir Ali. Ali?s activism began when he was a business student at the University of Damascus, where he was arrested, along with seven friends, for organizing a youth movement to support secularism and democracy. He was sentenced to one year in Sednaya military prison. Since his release, he has continued to work for a free and democratic Syria. Currently in exile in Algeria, he...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=620&q=4 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:29:37 +0500 We would like to invite all of our student readers to participate in a conference call with a leading Lebanese blogger, and Ahed al Hendi, CyberDissidents.org?s Arabic Programs Coordinator. They will be discussing and answering questions about the ongoing protests across the Middle East and North Africa region, the role of the internet in modern dissent, and the prospect of democratic change in their countries. As well-respected activists in the region, their perspective will serve as...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=616&q=4 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:34:08 +0500 A couple of days ago I was asked about the chances of liberal forces in Egypt after the referendum results. My response was negative. The young activists that are often described in the Western media as liberal, democratic, or secular stand no chance in the next parliamentary elections scheduled for next September. My judgment is not only based on the existence or lack thereof of those forces or their strength, but also on the nature of the electoral system in Egypt and the way in which the...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=428&q=4 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:35:32 +0500 Mohammed Abdulqader Al-Jasem, a prominent Kuwaiti lawyer, journalist and blogger, was imprisoned on May 11, 2010 for criticizing his country?s government. Al-Jasem, 54, has published six books on democracy and Middle Eastern politics and served as editor of Newsweek Arabic, Arab Reform Bulletin, and Al-Watan Daily. The charges against Al-Jasem include "instigating to overthrow the regime and dismantle the foundations of Kuwaiti society" and "disseminating false information that...]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org) http://www.cyberdissidents.org/bin/content.cgi?ID=488&q=4 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:25:28 +0500 UPDATE: Kareem has been freed! He also gave a public statement which we translated following his arrest. Congratulations to Kareem and thanks for all your support.]]> info@cyberdissidents.org (CyberDissidents.org)