Riadh Guerfali
{{short description|Tunisian advocate}}
File:Jean-François Julliard - Riadh Guerfali (Astrubal) and Audrey Pulvar.jpg
Riadh Guerfali, also known by the pseudonym Astrubal, is a Tunisian lawyer and human rights activist. He is best known for being a manager of the website Nawaat, which itself became a platform for organizing protesters during the Tunisian revolution.
Online activities
In 2004, Apple updated its iconic 1984 advertisement to showcase the iPod.{{cite book|last=MacKinnon|first=Rebecca|title=Consent of the networked : the world-wide struggle for Internet freedom|publisher=Basic Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-465-02442-1|authorlink=Rebecca MacKinnon}} The following month, Guerfaili as Astrubal uploaded a mashup of that video replacing the Big Brother character with the Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. This video was part of a broader anti-government propaganda campaign initially launched by Tunisian human rights activists in 2002.
Guerfali promotes citizen journalism on the Internet.{{cite web |url= http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/05/20115121940342156.html |title=Tunisia's dissident blog stays true to form |first=Yasmine |last=Ryan |work=al-Jazeera |date=13 May 2011 |accessdate=14 April 2012}} The website Nawaat has been one of Guerfali's tools for promoting citizen journalism.
In 2011, Guerfali won a Netcitizen prize for promoting freedom of expression on the Internet.{{cite web |url= http://www.france24.com/en/20110310-tunisian-blogger-awarded-freedom-speech-prize |title=Blogger wins freedom of speech prize |first= |last= |work=france24.com |date=3 November 2011 |accessdate=14 April 2012}} This prize was sponsored by Google and Reporters without Borders.
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External links
- [http://astrubal.nawaat.org/ Astrubal's blog] (in French)
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Category:People of the Tunisian revolution
Category:21st-century Tunisian lawyers