Libya: Tributes to Mohamed Nabbous
WEB NEWSThe web pays tribute to Libyan blogger Mohamed Nabbous, killed during the fighting in Benghazi. Japanese Artists are mobilising support for their disaster hit country. And the Nelson Mandela foundation is about to broadcast his personal documents on the Internet.
Libya: Tributes to Mohamed Nabbous
A voice is heard over the sounds of fighting during the violent clashes that broke out in Benghazi on Saturday. This is Mohamed Nabbous speaking on the telephone, and it’s his final recording. The blogger was reportedly shot dead this weekend when he went to report on the attack by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on the Libyan opposition stronghold.
The telecommunications engineer had managed to bypass government blocks on the Internet to set up Al Hurra TV, an online television channel providing coverage of the anti-government uprising. In one of his final broadcasts, he went to a neighborhood of Benghazi, camera in hand, to report on the aftermath of an earlier attack.
Many web users are mourning the death of Mohamed Nabbous and are sharing one of his video blogs, which was originally uploaded at the start of the uprising, on social networks. He says in this message that he is not afraid of dying, he is afraid of losing this battle for freedom.
Many cyber activists have quoted these words when paying tribute to him. And a Facebook group has been set up in his memory, hailing the bravery of this man who has become a symbol of the revolution.
His wife Perdita, who is pregnant with their first child, has posted an audio message on her husband’s Web TV, calling upon the people of Libya to carry on his cause, by continuing to post accounts of the anti-Gaddafi rebellion on the channel. more
