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Read our collection of Arab World netizen reactions to last night’s attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed.


thepoliticalnotebook:

This is the introduction video made for Chris Stevens, the US Ambassador to Libya, who was killed Tuesday night along with three other Americans in an attack on the consulate in Benghazi. Here, he introduces himself and his history and his plans for working with Libya during its post-Gaddhafi reconstruction and transition.

One of the other Americans has been identified by the State Dept. as Foreign Service Information Officer Sean Smith. The statement by Secretary Clinton on the attacks is here.

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Libya Celebrates Labour Day for 1st Time in 42 Years

Skip to 6:17 for the moment Equatorial Guinea scored the winning goal in its match with Libya, which opened the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

- Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations Kicks Off!

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The ‘At Risk’ Blogger’s Contingency Plan

In 2011, we have witnessed the incredible power of bloggers and social media users capturing the world’s attention through their activism. At the same time, regimes appear to be quickening the pace of their cat-and-mouse game with netizens.

Aware of the threats to their safety, bloggers often devise contingency plans in the event they are detained. 

EFF together with Global Voices Advocacy have created a set of questions to consider. This list is by no means exhaustive, but should offer a starting point from which bloggers can develop their own contingency plans.

  • Consider providing someone outside the country with the following information:
    • Login credentials to your social media, email, and blog accounts
    • Contact information of family members
    • Information about any health conditions
  • Regularly back up their blog, Facebook, email, and other accounts
  • Consider mirroring your website if you want to ensure it remains up without your attention to it
  • Encrypt sensitive files and consider hiding them on a separate drive
  • Consider using tools like Identity Sweeper (for Android users) to secure/erase your mobile data
  • Consider preparing a statement for release in case of arrest– This can be helpful for international news outlets and human rights organizations
  • Consider recording a short video identifying yourself (biographical info, scope of work) and the risks that you face and share with trusted contacts
  • Develop contacts with human rights and free expression organizations*
  • Think about a strategy/contingency plan for what to do if you’re detained (see below)

Read the whole article and find out more tips and advice.

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This controversial advert shows Robert Mugabe dining alone at Christmas in a large mansion while he reminisces about “happier times” with former dictators, such as playing water tag with Muammar Gaddafi, making snow angels in the sand with Saddam Hussein, singing Karaoke with Mao Zedong, pushing P. W. Botha on a swing set, and riding a tank with Idi Amin.

- Zimbabwe: Outrage as Octogenarian Mugabe Eyes 2012 Election

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The Russian radical feminist band ‘Pussy Riot’ has dedicated its debut song to the Arab Spring, featuring “Egyptian air is good for lungs,” “Make Tahrir at the Red Square”, “Feminist whip is good for Russia” and other provoking slogans.

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benghazichronicles: A library downtown, not far from the Courthouse. New independent newspapers and magazines being sold, as well as books banned during the Gaddafi era. Benghazi - October 20th, 2011 

benghazichronicles:

A library downtown, not far from the Courthouse. New independent newspapers and magazines being sold, as well as books banned during the Gaddafi era.

Benghazi - October 20th, 2011 

thatsassyarab:

Syrians are the best.

This is a clip from a protest yesterday night, October 20th. Protestors gathered in Homs to celebrate for Libya (with fireworks!). The sign that is zoomed in on says, Gaddafi is gone and your turn has come, Bashar. 

newshour: Holly Pickett, a freelance journalist, is tweeting about her experience this morning in Sirte. For more coverage, including President Obama live at 2, click here. For great background: interactive Arab Spring timeline, a timeline of Gadhafi’s life and a guide to the Gadhafi family. Global Voices has a Libya Uprising timeline and more on the Arab Spring in Special Coverage sections.

newshour:

Holly Pickett, a freelance journalist, is tweeting about her experience this morning in Sirte.

For more coverage, including President Obama live at 2, click here.

For great background: interactive Arab Spring timeline, a timeline of Gadhafi’s life and a guide to the Gadhafi family.

Global Voices has a Libya Uprising timeline and more on the Arab Spring in Special Coverage sections.