From rebecca.mackinnon@gmail.com Fri Jul 6 02:32:49 2018 From: Rebecca MacKinnon To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [liberationtech] Kazakhstan Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:32:49 +0000 Message-ID: <172289270882.3881296.8279933790476607711.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0916967442411863617==" --===============0916967442411863617== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some members of this list may have seen news of the government crackdown in K= azakhstan.=20 http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/17/kazakhstan-investigate-violence-oil-rich-w= estern-region http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/17/us-kazakhstan-clashes-idUSTRE7BG08D= 20111217 Excerpt from the HRW report: "The government has apparently shut down access to at least some mobile, voic= e, and text services in Zhanaozen. By late afternoon, Human Rights Watch coul= d no longer reach workers by mobile phone, and access to Twitter.com and othe= r news sites reporting on the unrest had been blocked by the authorities. b W= ithout a means to communicate with the outside world, people in Zhanaozen are= extremely vulnerable,b Rittmann said." Is anybody aware of efforts to set up dial-up access, satellite internet acce= ss, ad hoc radio or wireless networks or anything for Kazakhstan? I'm hearin= g rumors (unconfirmed) that shutdown of Internet and some mobile services may= extend beyond Zhanaozen.=20 If anybody is aware of any efforts underway please let me know either on or o= ff-list. I know some people who may be interested in supporting such efforts = but they don't know who to approach. Cheers, Rebecca -- Rebecca MacKinnon Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Cofounder: GlobalVoicesOnline.org Author: ConsentoftheNetworked.com Office: +1-202-596-3343 Twitter: @rmack _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click abov= e) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator = in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============0916967442411863617==--