Index on Censorship points out that as Egypt enters the eighth day of open revolt against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, the country's internet access continues to be largely shut down. That extended closure is one of the clearest signs that Mubarak still sees this as a fight he can win.
Index notes the longer the internet shutdown continues, the more and more mysterious the government's thinking becomes. The last week has proven not only that the protesters don't need Twitter and Facebook access to challenge the system but also that the world's media don't necessarily need it to bring details, images and even videos of this mass revolt to the world.
Emulating the disgusting paradigm of infamous Graecokleptocrats, who persecute and jail dissident bloggers, the government of Egypt terrorizes dissident bloggers. Blogging in Egypt and Greece, the most corrupt country of Fourth Reich(EU), is considered an extreme-risk avocation. Freakish kleptocrats accuse dissident bloggers of treason, confiscate their computers, and lock them is jail! Freak galore! These prisoners of conscience follow the long tradition of Socrates, who was killed by the Athenian democracy.
Premier George Papandreou of Greece crossed the Rubicon on October 18, 2010, when his deranged minister destroyed a distinguished professor and dissident blogger. That's why the Global Tax Revolt declared October 18 as the International Day Against Cybercop Brutality. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globaltaxrevolt
Index asserts that each day brings new evidence of the complete futility of the gesture. Prominent local bloggers and online activists are simply calling friends overseas to tweet details on their behalf, the flood of journalists entering the country are almost all coming in armed with Thuraya satellite phones and Bgan receivers that enable you to get online from anywhere.
The main victim of the government's online blockade is the Egyptian economy. The country's banks and stock market are shut down and the overall economic damage from the government's decision to cut Egypt off from the world is something that will be hard to measure for a while.
Cracking the internet blockade is becoming an international cause celebre for the international blogosphere. A group of hardcore open source guys from Germany, UK, and USA have arrived in Egypt with satellite phones and all the equipment they need to set up a local internet network completely beyond the reach of the authorities. They're already bypassing the whole local Egyptian system.
Global Tax Revolt points out the persecution of dissident bloggers is unquestionably a serious attack on freedom of speech, and contrary to Article 2 of Lisbon Treaty, Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The disgusting governments of Egypt and Greece cannot bully the blogosphere without repercussions and blowbacks. The international civil society got a shock and awe from the brutality of the infamous Greek government on October 18, 2010.
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