material online. More generally, Internet filtering in
Saudi Arabia mirrors broader attempts by the
state to repress opposition and promote a single
religious creed.
NOTES
1. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2005: Saudi Arabia, March
8, 2006, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/
61698.htm.
2. Amnesty International, Annual Report 2006: Saudi
Arabia, http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/
saudi_arabia/document.do?id=ar&yr=2006.
3. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2005: Saudi Arabia, March
8, 2006, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
2005/61698.htm.
4. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2007, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=20775&Valider=OK.
5. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=17185.
6. Ibid.
7. Internet World Stats, Internet Usage in the Middle
East, http://www.internetworldstats.com/
stats5.htm#me.
8. Wireless World Forum, “Telecom industry sees 3G
boom in Saudi Arabia,” http://www.w2forum.com/i/
Telecom_industry_sees_3G_boom_in_Saudi_Arabia.
9. Internet Services Unit, King Abdul Aziz City for
Science & Technology, http://www.isu.net.sa/.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Faiza Saleh Ambah, “New clicks in the Arab world,”
The Washington Post, November 12, 2006,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/11/11/AR2006111100886.html.
13. Ibid.
14. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2007, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=20775&Valider=OK.
15. Ibid.
16. The Baheyeldin Dynasty, “Saudi Arabia’s ISPs:
Internet/Cyber Cafes,” http://baheyeldin.com/saisp/
0006-cafes.phtml.
17. Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia: Human Rights
Developments 2001, http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/
mideast/saudi.html.
18. The OpenNet Initiative, Internet Filtering in Saudi
Arabia in 2004, http://www.opennetinitiative.net/
studies/saudi/#toc1c.
19. Internet Services Unit, “Introduction to Content
Filtering,” http://www.isu.net.sa/saudi-internet/
contenet-filtring/filtring.htm.
20. Raid Qusti, “Most of Kingdom’s Internet users aim
for the forbidden,” Arab News, October 2,2005,
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=
0&article=71012&d=2&m=10&y=2005.
21. Council of Ministers Resolution, Saudi Internet Rules,
February 12, 2001, http://www.al-bab.com/
media/docs/saudi.htm.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Raid Qusti, “Shoura approves law to combat
e-crimes,” Arab News, October 10, 2006,
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=
0&article=87941&d=10&m=10&y=2006.
25. Council of Ministers Resolution, Saudi Internet Rules,
February 12, 2001, http://www.al-bab.com/
media/docs/saudi.htm.
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Saudi Arabia mirrors broader attempts by the
state to repress opposition and promote a single
religious creed.
NOTES
1. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2005: Saudi Arabia, March
8, 2006, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/
61698.htm.
2. Amnesty International, Annual Report 2006: Saudi
Arabia, http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/
saudi_arabia/document.do?id=ar&yr=2006.
3. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2005: Saudi Arabia, March
8, 2006, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
2005/61698.htm.
4. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2007, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=20775&Valider=OK.
5. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=17185.
6. Ibid.
7. Internet World Stats, Internet Usage in the Middle
East, http://www.internetworldstats.com/
stats5.htm#me.
8. Wireless World Forum, “Telecom industry sees 3G
boom in Saudi Arabia,” http://www.w2forum.com/i/
Telecom_industry_sees_3G_boom_in_Saudi_Arabia.
9. Internet Services Unit, King Abdul Aziz City for
Science & Technology, http://www.isu.net.sa/.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Faiza Saleh Ambah, “New clicks in the Arab world,”
The Washington Post, November 12, 2006,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/11/11/AR2006111100886.html.
13. Ibid.
14. Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia: Annual
Report 2007, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=20775&Valider=OK.
15. Ibid.
16. The Baheyeldin Dynasty, “Saudi Arabia’s ISPs:
Internet/Cyber Cafes,” http://baheyeldin.com/saisp/
0006-cafes.phtml.
17. Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia: Human Rights
Developments 2001, http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/
mideast/saudi.html.
18. The OpenNet Initiative, Internet Filtering in Saudi
Arabia in 2004, http://www.opennetinitiative.net/
studies/saudi/#toc1c.
19. Internet Services Unit, “Introduction to Content
Filtering,” http://www.isu.net.sa/saudi-internet/
contenet-filtring/filtring.htm.
20. Raid Qusti, “Most of Kingdom’s Internet users aim
for the forbidden,” Arab News, October 2,2005,
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=
0&article=71012&d=2&m=10&y=2005.
21. Council of Ministers Resolution, Saudi Internet Rules,
February 12, 2001, http://www.al-bab.com/
media/docs/saudi.htm.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Raid Qusti, “Shoura approves law to combat
e-crimes,” Arab News, October 10, 2006,
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=
0&article=87941&d=10&m=10&y=2006.
25. Council of Ministers Resolution, Saudi Internet Rules,
February 12, 2001, http://www.al-bab.com/
media/docs/saudi.htm.
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