Al Jazeera Says Signal Jammed, Libya Blocks Website

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Al Jazeera says signal jammed, Libya blocks website
DUBAI | Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:11pm EST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said on Friday its signal was being jammed on several frequencies and its website had been blocked in Libya.

Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa is widely watched in the Arab world, reported the jamming on its website where it offered alternative frequencies on the Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird satellites.

Al Jazeera has closely followed events in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen, contacting protesters and government backers by telephone and often using footage of events sent via the Internet.

Bahraini security forces fired on protesters on Friday, wounding dozens, and thousands of people demonstrated in Libya after a deadly government crackdown as pro-democracy unrest in the Middle East and North Africa turned increasingly violent.

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[AKDavy]

1. "So it goes"

How many of these people will find self determination, and how many will find themselves living like citizens of North Korea?

May it spread, and may the attempts to suppress make it spread faster.

[martymar64]

2. People need Freedom Boxes to overcome government communication suppression

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

[AndyTiedye]

5. Eben Moglen's Keynote at the FOSDEM Conference Was Very Good Too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x554462

[Catherina]

3. Libyans are acting as their own al-Jazeera. Videos. Are. Intense.

unthinkingly Chris Blow
RT @southsouth: By the looks of things, Libyans are acting as their own al-Jazeera. Videos. Are. Intense. http://libya2011.kaizer.se/ #Libya
7 minutes ago

[Hissyspit]

4. Interesting. Thanks.