Belarus ElectionsNovember 28, 2006 2:17 am

Go Psiphon!

PsiphonThe Varsity Online reported:

Psiphon, a new anti-censorship tool that promises barrier-free web access to those living with restrictive government censors such as residents of China and Iran, is scheduled to launch on Dec. 1. The Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Relations developed the tool to fight the war against government censorship.

“[Psiphon will be] an easy-to-use and secure way to allow citizens to exercise their basic human rights of access to information,” said Dr. Ronald Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab and a professor of political science.

Psiphon allows users in censored countries to access blocked online content securely, through servers in an uncensored country with a unique web address, user name, and password. Upon entry to a website, a new toolbar will appear in the user’s browser, letting them browse the web unwatched by censorship computers.

I guess this is the most amazing piece of freeware I have come across this year. It is very interesting whether Psiphon might help us and our friends in other censored countries to break through the filters. In our case, this program seems like a musthave during an electoral season. Please, check out the official web site of the project for details and free download.

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Belarus ElectionsNovember 7, 2006 4:13 am

Lukashenka Meets Ahmadinejad

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka arrived in Tehran late on November 5 for two days of talks with Iranian officials. Belarus’s foreign minister, Serhiy Martynov, says the visit is aimed at bolstering official relations and advancing large-scale economic projects. Read more at RFE\RL.

The pictures of this dismal encounter are so hilarious that Wolny, one of the administrators of the politically incorrect ;-) satirical web site, Belzhaba, has promised to create a separate category about the meeting, inviting Photoshop artists to play with the images to make them look even more ridiculous.

I personally laughed my ass off when I saw this.

meeting

See more here.

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Belarus ElectionsNovember 1, 2006 10:30 pm

We Will Win

Three months ago, Zmicier Dashkevich and I were luckily strolling along the streets of Washington, DC, and New York City. I remember how we went to a Protestant church in the U.S. national capital, what a nice person he was to talk to, how religious and righteous, kind and intelligent he was. His faith in our victory was unwavering. And now after the Court announced the dismal sentence, one and half years of prison, his last words were, “We will win.”

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Zmicier Dashkevich during the trial.

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Ala Bulash, the judge who carried out the sentence.

Photos are by Julia Darashkevich, courtesy of Nasha Niva.

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