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Campaign: Help Fouad Mourtada
Written by Mary Joyce on March 5, 2008 – 3:32 pm -Description of Campaign: On February 5, Moroccan Fouad Mourtada was taken into custody for posting a joke profile of Prince Rachid (the King’s brother). Two weeks later, he was sentenced to three years in prison and fined over $1000 on a false charge of document identity fraud. The goal of this campaign is to reverse this sentence, which is horribly out of proportion to the offense committed.
Digital Activism Tools: YouTube, web site, G-Chat, Skype, Facebook, digital video, digital photography
How These Tools Are Being Used: First there was the official web site, www.HelpFouad.com with an e-petition asking for Fouad’s release. Members of the campaign both inside and outside Morocco communicated using G-Chat and Skype. Then there was the Facebook group, Help Fouad Mourtada. Through the Facebook group and offline social networks, rallies were organized this past Saturday at Moroccan embassies and consulates in 8 cities around the world (Rabat, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Washington DC, Montreal, Madrid, and London). Digital video and photographs were collected from these rallies made into a video to promote the cause (see below).
Tags: facebook activism, fouadmourtada, gchat, helpfouad, morocco, skype, youtube
Posted in Campaigns, Digital Images, E-Petitions, Instant Messaging, Internet Telephony, Mid-East & N. Africa, Social Networks, Video | 2 Comments »