<div dir="ltr">Hi Jeremy:<div><br></div><div style>Could you please add Public Knowledge to the list of signatories? I could not find the letter on the website and so could not endorse there.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
Thank you.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Rashmi </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I'm attaching a PDF version of the letter to Congress with the 155
endorsements that we now have. If any last-minute endorsements are
posted online, please CC them to me as well so that I can update the
PDF.<br>
<br>
Please also identify whether you are interested in being listed as a
contact person for any follow-up communications (the four given in
the draft below are arbitrarily chosen to represent a few major
regions). Here is a suggested covering email:<br>
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--- covering email begins ---<br>
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Dear Senators and Representatives,<br>
<br>
We write as a coalition of civil society groups from around the
world, who work towards the promotion of human rights on the
Internet.<br>
<br>
We attach a letter, endorsed by 155 organisations and individuals,
expressing in the most serious terms our alarm at revelations of
Internet and telephone communications surveillance of US and non-US
citizens by the US government.<br>
<br>
For further enquiries or follow-up, representatives of a number of
the endorsing organisations are at your service:<br>
<br>
Deborah Brown, Access<br>
ph: xxxx<br>
email: <a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a><br>
<br>
Andrew Puddephatt, Global Partners<br>
ph: xxxx<br>
email: <a href="mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk" target="_blank">andrew@global-partners.co.uk</a><br>
<br>
Jeremy Malcolm, Consumers International<br>
ph: <a href="tel:%2B60%203%207726%201599" value="+60377261599" target="_blank">+60 3 7726 1599</a><br>
email: <a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a><br>
<br>
Joana Varon, FGV<br>
ph: xxxx<br>
email: <a href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com" target="_blank">joana@varonferraz.com</a><br>
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