<p>Thanks for clarifying that, Marianne. Glad to hear at least one workshop did get approved. Many thanks to all involved!</p>
<p>By the way, as many of you may already know, there has recently been a crackdown on human rights defenders in Azerbaijan again as well, including on bloggers and others who attended the IGF there, such as Rasul Jafarov. I think this deserves repeated mention - and protest - in the IGF as well (though Deirdre, I understand that you may not be able to include it in your speech, and that you have some very difficult to make already!).</p>
<p>Best,<br>
Anja<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 22, 2014 7:25 PM, "Marianne Franklin" <<a href="mailto:m.i.franklin@gold.ac.uk">m.i.franklin@gold.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear all<br>
<br>
+1 from me. <br>
<br>
Anja, just to reassure you and others that one workshop from Turkish
activists did make the program, thanks to a lot of effort from
Turkish folk in Turkey and elsewhere, and with a collaborative
effort between the IRPC and Freedom House to make sure this session
made the program. It is on Friday morning at 9am and has support
from the Turkish Pirate Party. Would be good to have a wide awake
and supportive audience for this new initiative. There are a lot of
events happening in and beyond the IGF venue on this day. <br>
<br>
It is <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/108673c90f772a94e889c94a72651104?iframe=yes&w=i:100;&sidebar=yes&bg=no" target="_blank">WS
225 entitled Online Freedoms and Access to Information Online</a>.
<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
MF<br>
<br>
<div>On 22/08/2014 15:10, Anja Kovacs wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Deirdre,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Many suggestions already, but may I propose that you link
the concern for human rights specifically to what is happening
in Turkey? The Index on Censorship article Chinmayi posted
earlier today gives a good overview. Seeing that it seems none
of the workshops proposed by Turkish activists were accepted
for this year's IGF, I think it is important that we send out
a strong signal of solidarity and raise their concerns as
often as we can.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>And very happy to have you as our opening speaker! </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Many thanks,</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 21 August 2014 19:35, Baudouin
SCHOMBE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.schombe@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks De for rectification, so we still
thinking about IGF in future </div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN</b><br>
<b>REPRESENTANT
TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE@FRICA/RDC</b>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-21 15:19 GMT+02:00
Deirdre Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>></span>:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Dear Baudoin,
<div>It's De not Nnenna, but I'll take that as
an ENORMOUS vote of confidence. Thank you :-)
And thank you for the suggestions.</div>
<div>De</div>
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<div>
<div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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On 21 August 2014 05:31, Baudouin SCHOMBE
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.schombe@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nnenna,<br>
<br>
<span lang="en"><span>IGF</span> <span>over</span>
<span>time</span> <span>becomes</span>
<span>a platform for</span> <span>increasingly
important</span> <span>as</span>
<span>the global</span><span>,
regional</span> <span>and
subregional levels.</span> <br>
<span><br>
It is important that</span> <span>the</span>
<span>IGF</span> <span>must very</span>
<span>well established</span> <span>in
each</span> <span>country</span>
<span>respecting the</span> <span>multi-stakeholder
approach</span><span>.</span> <span>IGF</span>
<span>nationally</span> <span>is
the foundation</span> <span>of
the</span> <span>edifice</span> <span>on
which</span> <span>consolidates
the</span> <span>IGF</span> <span>at
the sub</span> <span>regional,
regional</span> <span>and global
levels.</span> <span>It</span> <span>is
here</span> <span>also that all</span>
<span>local actors</span> <span>can
talk</span> <span>and discuss</span>
<span>face to face</span><span>.</span>
<br>
<span><br>
It is also important</span> <span>that
the debate on</span> <span>the</span>
<span>NetMundial</span> <span>intensifies
and</span> <span>he</span> <span>emerges</span>
<span>a consensus</span> <span>reading</span>
<span>on</span> <span>"</span><span>NetMundial</span><span>"</span>
<span>initiative</span> <span>and
its interaction</span> <span>with
IGF</span><span>.</span> <br>
<span></span></span><span lang="en"><span><span lang="en"><span><br>
It will</span> <span>emphasize
the need for</span> <span>the
participation of African</span>
<span>media in all</span> <span>IGF</span>
<span>and consider</span> <span>the</span>
<span>training and the</span> <span>level</span>
<span>of the</span> <span>media</span>
<span>has</span> <span>on the</span>
<span>IGF</span> <span>process</span>
<span>at all levels</span><span>.</span>
</span></span><br>
</span><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-19
15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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Colleagues,
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I have been selected by
the <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> MAG
to make the civil
society presentation at
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Please send me your
suggestions of topics
for inclusion so that,
as far as it's possible
in such a short time, I
can say what all of us
want to be said.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The
IGC and Bestbits are not
all of civil
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possible by passing on
this message to others
in as wide a reach as
possible.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Thank
you</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Deirdre
Williams</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Co-coordinator,
IG Caucua.</span></div>
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