<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>
</p>
<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>
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        <div>Many thanks,</div>
      </div>
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        <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 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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                      <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 class="gmail_extra"><br>
                            <br>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                              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>
                              wrote:<br>
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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 dir="ltr"><b>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN</b><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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Dr Marianne Franklin
Professor of Global Media and Politics
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