“Islamic State” imposes conditions to re-open the internet cafes

SOHR had got a copy of a circular published by IS in the internet cafes in the Syrian part of “al- Forat State”, “it is prohibited to install Wi-Fi outside of cafes for anyone even for IS soldiers.

 

• Providing internet has been only inside the internet cafes.
• It is needed to register the name of each subscriber; the registration must be by identity cards.
• Ensuring a place for women inside the café, and the entrance must be completely separated.   
• It is prohibited to sell internet devises unless getting formal permission from the security bureau.
• Everyone violates these conditions must bear all responsibility.

 

3 days ago, SOHR activists in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor knew that IS closed the internet cafes in al- Bokamal area and its countryside in the Syrian part of “al- Forat State” that also includes the Iraqi city of al- Qaem, where IS has encouraged the owners of these cafes to issue a license to open them. SOHR published yesterday that “Islamic state” circulated on the Internet cafe owners in the Syrian section of “the state of the Euphrates” which is the city of al-Bokamal and other near towns, villages and cities that they should remove Wi-Fi devices which distributes Internet networks to the houses neighboring to the internet cafés , and that the owners of the internet cafés must remove them and only allow the Internet inside the café only, and that “any violation cause punishment”, also several sources confirmed to the activists of the Observatory that the organization circulated this decision on the Internet cafes in the towns of al-Salhiyyeh, al-Mojawdeh and al-Jala’a and the city of Hjyn and its villages after circulating on the cafes in the city of al-Bokamal.