Circumventing censorship in Iran
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Iran was on its way to establishing itself as an open democracy as well as a country that allowed its people to speak out (in some sense) and communicate freely (at least, far more than our friends in China), but recent moves by its government have thrown up great barriers in communication. The people have been stifled and what limited sense of expression they were allowed is being stripped away. There’s only so much they can do to stand up for themselves within their own borders without revolution; so people across the globe have been standing up for the rights of the Iranian people to communicate freely, but it seems this help isn’t without persecution: apparently a man in Ohio was attacked for providing proxies to Iranians to allow them to twitter.
This is a battle for freedom of communication in an age built almost entirely on communication. Reach out to the people of Iran, no matter your religious viewpoint, no matter the history of the country; its people deserve uncensored communication as much as anyone else.