<div dir="ltr">Already forwarded to the local Press </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear colleagues,<br><br></div>The letter has been sent (see bellow). Please do dissimulate to other ISOC Cameroon Chapter individual members and to the press as appropriate.<br><br></div>Special thanks to Mawaki and Norbert who led this process.<br><br></div>Best regards,<br></div>A<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Arsène Tungali</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: 2017-02-02 16:10 GMT+02:00<br>Subject: Internet Governance Caucus letter to ISOC Cameroon<br>To: <a href="mailto:info@isoc-cameroon.org" target="_blank">info@isoc-cameroon.org</a><br>Cc: Dawit Bekele <<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:dogniez@isoc.org" target="_blank">dogniez@isoc.org</a>, Chapter Delegates <<a href="mailto:Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">Chapter-delegates@elists.<wbr>isoc.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:jnoulaye@gmail.com" target="_blank">jnoulaye@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:mail@connectedcommunity.org" target="_blank">mail@connectedcommunity.org</a>, Manga Balbine <<a href="mailto:babyambassa@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">babyambassa@yahoo.fr</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear ISOC Cameroon leadership,<br><br></div>Please do find attached and copied bellow a statement from the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) with regards to the current Internet shutdown affecting some regions of Cameroon.<br><br></div>Best regards,<br></div>Arsene Tungali, IGC Coordinator<br><br></div>---Statement begins---<br><br><p id="m_6678415616010218511m_-3003180292751814196gmail-docs-internal-guid-8a7f6b14-ff27-f42c-6aaf-b5a16bcf8f4a" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">To the ISOC Cameroon Chapter</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Colleagues</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://igcaucus.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://igcaucus.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> ) is a global network of civil society actors who originally came together in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to promote global public interest objectives in Internet governance policy making.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We are firmly convinced that Internet shutdowns are not acceptable in regard to any region and not justifiable in any way, and that such shutdowns must be opposed vigorously.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We would have expected everyone who associates themselves with ISOC to be committed to ISOC's principle stating that “The Internet is for Everyone”.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">For further elaboration of the important principle of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Internet access and affordability</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> along with related rights and freedoms, we refer to the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://africaninternetrights.org/articles/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://africaninternetrights.o<wbr>rg/articles/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> .</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In light of these principles and rights, we would like to respectfully urge the ISOC Cameroon Chapter to adopt a corresponding strong stance in regard to Internet shutdowns in some regions of the country, and to denounce and oppose such dreadful measures with all earnestness.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The reason why we write to you in this matter is a posting to our mailing list on January 26, 2017, which was signed “ISOC Cameroon, President” and which expressed views that were not at all consistent with the above.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Best regards,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)</span></p><br></div>---Statement ends---<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="m_6678415616010218511m_-3003180292751814196gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>------------------------<br>*<b>Arsène Tungali</b>*<br></div>Co-Founder & Executive Director, <span><i><a href="http://www.rudiinternational.org" target="_blank">Rudi international</a></i>,</span><br>CEO,<i> <a href="http://www.smart-serv.info" target="_blank">Smart Services Sarl</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.mabingwa-forum.com" target="_blank">Mabingwa Forum</a></i> <br>Tel: <a href="tel:+243%20993%20810%20967" value="+243993810967" target="_blank">+243 993810967</a><i><br></i></div><div>GPG: 523644A0<i><br></i></div><div><u>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</u><i><br><br></i></div><div><a href="http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html" target="_blank">2015 Mandela Washington Felllow</a> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors" target="_blank">Brazil</a> & <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors" target="_blank">Mexico</a>) <font face="monospace,monospace">- <a href="http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/" target="_blank">AFRISIG 2016</a> - </font><a href="http://tungali.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Blogger</a> - ICANN Fellow (<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> & <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en" target="_blank">Marrakech</a>).<i> </i>AFRINIC Fellow<i> </i>(<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners" target="_blank">Mauritius</a>)<i> - </i><a href="http://www.igfsa.org/" target="_blank">IGFSA Member</a> -<i> </i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/liza-bel/drc_b_8958150.html" target="_blank">The HuffingtonPost UK</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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