Blog Crackdown
From Pakistan
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[edit] Resources
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Don't Blog the Blog
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Don't Blog the Blog
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- Main Don't Stop the Blog Campaign page on Help-Pakistan Page:
http://help-pakistan.com/main/dont-block-the-blog/ - Google Group:/Mailing List:
http://groups.google.com/group/AGABBIP - "Pakistan 451": http://Pakistan451.wordpress.com (Why "Pakistan 451"?)
- Global Voice Pakistan Page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu:8080/globalvoices/wiki/index.php/Pakistan
- Wikipedia page on Internet Censorship in Pakistan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Censorship_in_Pakistan - Pakistani Penal Code Dealing With Blasphemy
- Discussion of the Blogpost Ban
- List of ISP's in Pakistan - Quality of Service Survey (based on heavily disputed methodology) (Pdf format) - official government website
- List of original 12 "Blasphemous" websites
[edit] Internet Filter Status
[edit] 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
[edit] 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://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16678 - International Freedom of Expresion eXchange:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/72662/
[edit] Letters to the Editor
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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://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
