Hi Wolfgang<br>
<br>
As the CPJ correspondent for Southern Africa + Lusophone Africa, herewith the official CPJ text on the GNI:<br>
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<div><font style="color: rgb(79, 96, 79); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" color="#4f604f" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><font size="5"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(79, 96, 79); font-family: Verdana;">Protecting
journalists in cyberspace<br></span></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<font style="color: rgb(79, 96, 79); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" color="#4f604f" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><br>When
Chinese journalist Shi Tao was sentenced in 2004 to 10 years in prison for
sending pro-democracy information using his personal Yahoo! e-mail account, CPJ
became concerned, along with other human rights organizations, about
the responsibilities of communications and information companies. Shi's
case became the catalyst for human rights groups, academics, socially
responsible investors, and the communications and information industries to
work together to establish a set of guidelines to protect and advance the
rights of freedom of expression and privacy worldwide.<br>
<br>
To that end, CPJ was proud to be a part of the <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Global</span>
<span id="st" name="st" class="st">Network</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Initiative</span> launched last month. CPJ joined a coalition of Internet
companies, including Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Google, as well as academics,
investors, and other human rights groups, to draw up a set of principles, or
guidelines to protect privacy and free expression. Companies in the communication
and information industries that sign on commit to following these guidelines when
doing business in countries that monitor or censor the press. <br>
<br>
Robert Mahoney discusses CPJ's participation in the <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Global</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Network</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Initiative</span>
on the <a style="color: rgb(79, 96, 79);" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aPTHdW_LbJ_rojLqt3HILh6ed75d700zmQRWKENYpS5xC38-ZuvxHFpnQowxtbM30nE_gmVL4WyzBj6x2jvFcIJIl0OptcRcB4nZAxb-eJHX4uJMFdUY_A6FekY_ViiyelGoYnrSDGjtctSDkhrAXHTrhufFKwrx8gtCC0FzrhgjccFM5CccDzp2WyICCfS1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">CPJ Blog</a>.</font>"<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">Regards,<br>
<br>
Rui<br>
<br>
On 24/11/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kleinwächter, Wolfgang</b> <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Does somebody know this project called "Global Network Initiative"? What is behind this? Is it linked to IGF/ICANN issues?<br> <br> <a href="http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/index.php">http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/index.php</a><br>
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