3. Blogspot Banned in Pakistan 2 nd March 2006

4. Cartoons Cartoons Cartoons

5. Supreme Court Constitutional petition on March 2 nd Ordered the blocking of websites displaying the cartoons 12 websites to be blocked

6. Pakistan Penal Code Article 249-C Use of derogatory remarks, etc; in respect of the Holy Prophet. Whoever by words, either spoken or written or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.

7. One specific website of the 12 was hosted on the blogspot domain DrawMuhammadWeek.blogspot.com

9. Pakistan Telecom Authority PTA – establishes a Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) Two Nodes control & Monitor all internet access in and out of Pakistan –Karachi –Lahore The authorities currently maintain a simple DNS Level block on blogspot.com

10. PTA has tried to censor pornographic websites in 2003 PTA has also occasionally blocked Anti-govt websites 2003 – South Asia Tribune www.satribune.com

11. Pakistan Internet Exchange PIE uses Cisco routers to block traffic, which are capable of more complex filtering rules Monitors all incoming and outgoing traffic from Pakistan Filters content depending on the whims of the administration Stores all data for three months

12. Blogspot.com All sub-domains on blogspot are blocked Blogger.com is unblocked so one can view comments and make posts but NOT view the website

13. Sample Traceroute March 3 rd 2006 1.180 ms 189 ms 175 ms MaxSuper-Pesh.super.net.pk [203.130.28.3] 2.157 ms 215 ms 167 ms super28-line-001.super.net.pk [203.130.28.1] 3.198 ms 174 ms 159 ms 10.250.250.61 4.174 ms 175 ms 199 ms s9-1-2.rwp44d2.pie.net.pk [202.125.155.117] 5.156 ms 167 ms 183 ms rwp44.pie.net.pk [202.125.148.160] 6.* * * Request timed out. 7.* * * Request timed out. 8.* * * Request timed out. 9.* * * Request timed out. 10.* * * Request timed out. 11.* * * Request timed out. 12.* * * Request timed out. 13.* * * Request timed out. 14.* * * Request timed out. 15.* * * Request timed out. 16.....................

14. We Choose to Speak out We Choose to Protest

15. Pakistan Protests 1.Don’t Block the Blog 2.Action Group Against Blogspot Ban in Pakistan - AGABBIP 3.Pakistan 451

16. Don’t Block the Blog www.Help-Pakistan.com/main/dont-block-the-blog/

17. Don’t Block the Blog Creation of Dr. Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro) teeth.com.pk/blog Omer Alvie (Olive Ream) oream.blogspot.com An online awareness campaign to protest against the blogspot ban

18. Action Group Against Blogspot Ban in Pakistan groups.google.com/group/AGABBIP

19. Pakistan 451 pakistan451.wordpress.com

21. Censorship of Knowledge Wikipedia Blocked

22. Wikipedia blocked for 7 hours March 31 st 3.5 million pages of Wikipedia censored Blockade was due to ONE specific page displaying the cartoons AGABBIP mailing list was very active for the seven hours but just before press release was ready to be dispatched, the ban was lifted

23. Censored for 7 hours

24. We are the people This is the face of a contemporary Pakistan We are students, teachers, artists, journalists, activists and business men and women They Cannot Ignore Us

25. Free speech is a prerequisite for any democratic society that respects civil liberties

26. I along with many bloggers are fighting for free speech…

27. not just for the blog voices in Pakistan but for a global free speech

28. Our Goal To highlight the fact that free speech is a prerequisite for any democratic society that respects civil liberties To bring the issue of free internet speech for Pakistan and Pakistani bloggers to the fore

29. The concerned authorities must address the needs and requirements of Pakistani internet users This is the face of a contemporary Pakistan. We are students, teachers, artists, journalists, activists and business men and women. And they cannot ignore us.