<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Are these crocodile tears? Did anyone expect anything else in Egypt?<br><br>“Egypt’s legitimacy to host such a meeting is questionable as it has repeatedly been guilty of violations of online free expression,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is astonishing that a government that is openly hostile to Internet users is assigned the organisation of an international meeting on the Internet’s future.”<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rsf.org/Violator-of-online-free-expression.html">http://www.rsf.org/Violator-of-online-free-expression.html</a></span><br><br>If people on this list expected anything but they were very deluded. Reporters Without Borders obviously knew what to expect.<br><br>David<br><div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Shahzad Ahmad <shahzad@bytesforall.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Ginger Paque <gpaque@gmail.com>; Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy@ciroap.org>; McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, 16 November, 2009 3:21:09 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] What IGF is for? ONI Asia event rattled by UN<br></font><br><div dir="ltr">Dear Shahzad and friends in ONI, <br><br>It indeed is an act of great concern on the commitment of the freedom of expression. We stand united against this incident. Further, this should not create an
opportunity for others to hurt the good work that is happening at IGF. So, +1 for the idea of registering the concern about the incident with concerned stakeholders/authority. <br>
<br>In Solidarity.<br><br>Hempal Shrestha<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Shahzad Ahmad <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:shahzad@bytesforall.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:shahzad@bytesforall.net">shahzad@bytesforall.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Dear Colleagues,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Did discuss this with quite a few friends here and
most of them agree for a joint action. How and what I don't know
but probably civil society representatives speaking on the
plenary can mention this appalling event and register the concern. Just a
suggestion and then I will really suggest MAG members to take this up with
IGF.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">But I would really urged on the caucus members
attending IGF to take this up strongly otherwise, such things will keep
happening more and more in future too. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">best wishes</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Shahzad</font></div><font color="#888888">
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<b>From:</b>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a> ; <a rel="nofollow" title="jeremy@ciroap.org" ymailto="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">Jeremy Malcolm</a>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="dogwallah@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">McTim</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:58
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<div><br></div><font face="Arial">I do not think a boycott is the answer. It
removes the people who most object to the action... I think an effort should
be made to bring this up as an issue. Can the IGC coordinate on
this?</font><br><br>Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">On 15/11/2009, at 4:02 PM, McTim wrote: <br><br>
<blockquote type="cite">Shahzad, <br><br>Truly outrageous, your group
should really complain to Markus and get <br>your books back immediately,
with an apology. <br><br>I think this shows how misguided it is to have
gov'ts play an <br>increasingly large role in IG. <br></blockquote><br>+1
<br><br>Am I overreacting, or should those who do not have workshop
commitments organise a boycott of the IGF tomorrow, and let the Secretariat
know why? <br><br>In any case, I hope as many people will tweet and blog
about this appalling action. <br><br></blockquote>
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