Tag Archive | Libya
Internet Censorship: Chopping the Head off LulzSec
For a while, it seemed that the hacker group with the silly name was running rings around the FBI. In the end, however, it appears it was the FBI running the show. In the summer of 2011, LulzSec – supposedly short for “Lulz Security” – erupted out of nowhere and began a flashy string of [...]
Free Speech: Libya Declares Liberation From 42-Year Gadhafi Rule
Libya’s provisional leaders have declared the country liberated from the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands of people in the eastern city of Benghazi. National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil and other officials gathered on a podium in Benghazi’s Kish Square as Sunday’s ceremony began with the [...]
Top 25 Censored News 2011: #25. Extension of DU to Libya
President Obama’s undeclared and Congressionally unauthorized war against Libya may be compounded by the crime of spreading toxic uranium oxide in populated areas of that country. Concern is being voiced by groups such as the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, which monitor the military use of so-called depleted-uranium (DU) anti-tank and bunker-penetrating shells. As [...]
Independent Media Emerge in Tripoli After Fall of Gadhafi
Independent news media are beginning to emerge in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, two weeks after the fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. They are pledging to help build democratic institutions that were never allowed to develop under his 42-year rule. It is evening in Tripoli and newly re-opened Radio Shababiya is broadcasting a show about [...]
US Joins 30 Countries in Recognizing Libyan Rebels
The United States joined 30 other countries Friday in formally recognizing Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council as the “legitimate governing authority.” The decision announced at a meeting of the international Libya Contact Group in Turkey, will increase pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and allow the transfer of impounded Libyan funds to the rebels. The [...]
Crowds Attack US, French Embassies in Damascus
Pro-government crowds attacked the U.S. and French embassies in Damascus Monday, in the latest escalation of Syrian government anger over foreign moral support for the country’s pro-democracy protesters. At the same time, the government crackdown continued in the central city of Homs. According to reports from Damascus, the crowd at the U.S. embassy breached the [...]
U.S.’s Web Censorship Eats Away at Freedom
Source: DesMoinesRegister.com Internet censorship is not limited to China, Libya, Egypt and the Middle East. We can now welcome the censorship of personal freedoms here in the USA. On April 15, the Department of Justice and the FBI seized the domain names for the three biggest online poker sites, along with around 70 other Internet [...]
Fighting Continues in Libya as Opposition Seeks to Organize Resistance
Source: VOA – By Scott Bobb Opposition forces in Libya Sunday continued to battle troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi around the oil-town of Brega, 800 kilometers east of Tripoli. Rebel leaders acknowledged that pro-Gadhafi troops were better trained and better equipped but said they were slowly organizing. Eastern-based forces fighting the government [...]
Popular Protests Continue Against Many Arab Governments
Source: VOA Popular protests engulfed large swathes of the Arab world after Friday prayers, as anti-government movements appear to gain momentum. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out across the Arab world after Friday prayers to express anger at their leaders. Libya In Benghazi, Libya, the center of an insurgent movement against veteran leader Moammar [...]
Foreigners Flee Libya Violence, Pour Into Egypt
Source: VOA – By Elizabeth Arrott Thousands of foreigners caught in the violence in Libya are struggling to leave. Some are able to board aircraft, ferries and other ships chartered by their governments, while others are pouring across the borders of neighboring Egypt. Many have been helped to safety by Libyans under siege themselves. Streams [...]
“The Main Thing is the Information Gets Out”
Source: swissinfo.ch – By Etienne Strebel A small group of Libyans living in exile in Switzerland are trying to show what is really going on in their home country, despite the censorship imposed by the regime. Their small “news agency” gathers information from Libyans caught up in the ongoing crisis, which sees totalitarian leader [...]
Libyan Protests Escalate, Spread to Tripoli
Source: VOA – By Elizabeth Arrott Witnesses in Tripoli say the Libyan military is firing upon anti-government protesters, as the unrest that began in the east has spread to the capital. Dozens of people were reported killed Monday, even before the latest crackdown on demonstrators. The violence is the most serious in Tripoli since the [...]
