Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Death threats to a war zone blogger – call for global help



We, his friends, need you. First of all, read this all through.
A young guy, author of a journalistic blog about his country and its conflict, has been menaced of death by a group of Islamic fundamentalists. It is months (and years) this situation has been going on – with him receiving daily threats.
However, threats became more frequent over the last weeks. This happened because he spoke up, because he chose to defend freedom of expression ideal.
His blogs have been hackered more than a time and now, since the intensification of these attacks and threats, we are afraid he could get finally killed. The whole thing sounds like a fictional movie, but it is mere reality.
We do need your help, we are seeking a way to get him out of his country for him to attend a University course. He is a good writer and photo reporter, his English skills are very good and he would love to study Journalism and Sociology.

Please, send this message around or publish it on your personal blog. If you know anyone – person or organization – that could help with offering him a scholarship (or funding it since already found a University that could take him for a BA 3-years-course) or helping in solving the situation PLEASE DO CONTACT US.
You can contact us on this email address: spiralcultures@gmail.com

As sociologist Katz argued: "Internet has the potential to democratize the media", and, perhaps, society. We call for a global civil society to answer this appeal.

Thank you so much for your time and attention.