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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi,<br>
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i will bring it up at the press conference possibly together with
another case i learned of today from some local people that
obviously were prevented from distributing material. I got some
rough information from a Swedish TV team that is about doing a
documentary and tried to help. Still trying to get details and a
contact.<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Monika<br>
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Am 06.11.2012 07:39, schrieb Jeremy Malcolm:<br>
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So here is the official line. Questions that this opens up:<br>
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<div>1. If the issue was with "random placement" of the postcards,
it should be fine to distribute the postcards from any booth
that is willing to host them within the IGF Village. So, can we
test that hypothesis? Donny, can you try that and see what
happens?</div>
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<div>2. One of the postcards had a specific reference to a
country? There is none that I could see, but maybe it is on the
reverse side?</div>
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<div>3. Like last time, the official rationalisation seems to
differ from what the individual concerned was told at the time.
This in itself is a problem - they are making up the rules as
they go along.</div>
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<div>I have edited the document on the pad at <a
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href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/un-censorship-statement">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/un-censorship-statement</a>.
I think we have enough information now to finalise the
statement soon and start gathering support and disseminating it.</div>
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<div>Do we have any press contacts on this list who could attend
the IGF official press conference and raise this matter?</div>
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<div>The main thing about the postcards is that we
discourage the random placement of literature across the
IGF venue. We have designated places where people or
organisations can deposit their materials for distribution
or pick up by interested individuals.</div>
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<div>Of the two post cards that I saw, there was no problem
with one but the other had a specific reference to a
country, as you know there is a standard UN policy of not
singling out specific entities or people but rather to
address the issue. (We hold that it is unfair to single
out one entity if the issue is not endemic to that
particular entity). A perfunctory check is done to make
sure that this is not the case. This is done in an effort
to enable free, open and respectful discussion, (which in
my view is essential in the IGF).</div>
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<div>One of the UN staff had a polite talk with the
gentleman distributing the postcards and he seemed to
understand.</div>
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