<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">And on what basis would you contend the contrary ?</font>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">I'm an active member of the Tunisia Monitoring Group, and we have noted the reluctance of the new authorities to enact meaningful free speech/press freedom measures.I refer you to various TMG alerts on the situation. The resignation in frustration of Kamel Labidi as head of the official body formed to promote media freedom measures speaks volumes. He is about to testify on the deterioration of the situation before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. When I was in Tunis for World Press Freedom Day this May, lack of official commitment to furthering media freedom was obvious. There are numerous well-documented concrete signs and examples.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Bests, Rony Koven<br>
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From: Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh@gmail.com><br>
To: Koven Ronald <kovenronald@aol.com><br>
Cc: IG Caucus <governance@lists.igcaucus.org><br>
Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 8:14 am<br>
Subject: Re: [governance] global events in non-democratic countries<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Koven Ronald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kovenronald@aol.com">kovenronald@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:arial"><font>We had the same debate over holding the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. I do think that going there and letting the world see the real nature of the Ben Ali regime did prepare world opinion for the need for a revolution, <u>even if freedom of expression isn't doing so well in Tunisia now.</u></font></div>
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On what basis did you base these claims?<br>
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