[Noisebridge-discuss] Anyone got Libyan contacts?

[Yosem Companys]

I know @Liberationtech Stanford's Program on Liberation Technology has a lot
of #Libya activist & journalist followers.  You could always share with them
to spread the word.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, don't know if it's worth trying to go to CNN or al jazeera that
> both have crews on the ground?  Maybe a quick press release could grab
> someone's attention:
>
> http://ireport.cnn.com/
> http://yourmedia.aljazeera.net/
>
> http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact_pr.html
>
> They usually have people round the clock filtering this stuff so a
> response could be pretty quick.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:24 AM, rachel lyra hospodar
> <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Doh, retweeted my own tweet with added hashtag, thanx for the suggestion.
> > @rachelyra if anyone wants to find that tweet.
> >
> > mediumreality.com
> >
> > On Feb 25, 2011 10:14 AM, "Praveen Sinha" <dmhomee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> This also maybe worth tweeting to #libya -- there are several
> >> noisebridgers on there that could potentially retweet a call for help.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Shit that sucks.  I don't have any contacts there at the moment but
> >>> I'm willing to chip in a bit of money for a wire transfer if it is at
> >>> all possible.  Maybe this is something that needs to hit some press
> >>> organizations asap?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM, rachel lyra hospodar
> >>> <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> A friend of a friend is a black african schoolteacher who has been
> >>>> living in
> >>>> Libya after fleeing his native Sierra Leone. He is currently holed up
> in
> >>>> a
> >>>> farmhouse outside of Tripoli with 6 other black africans. They are in
> >>>> direct
> >>>> and immediate fear for their lives since the rebelling populace
> assumes
> >>>> them
> >>>> to be mercenaries shipped in from africa to attempt quelling the
> >>>> rebellion.
> >>>> They are also out of food.
> >>>>
> >>>> She has a phone number to reach him, if anyone has any contacts in the
> >>>> region.
> >>>>
> >>>> I gather the situation to be rather urgent.
> >>>>
> >>>> R.
> >>>>
> >>>> mediumreality.com
> >>>>
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