UN Censorship

[Pranesh Prakash]

Donny B.U. [2012-11-05 19:17]:
> just want to give update, these 2 type of postcards from indonesia civil
> society are not allowed to be distributed at igf2012 baku by un officer.
> the postcards message about #censorship that could makes (any) certain
> government unhappy, according to UN officer. and any materials distributed
> in the UN jurisdiction/event, such as IGF, must get approval 1st by UN or
> IGF committee. that's the rule and written, as they said to me, couple
> moment ago.

This is even worse than the situation with the Chinese in Sharm, and we
most certainly must respond.

Donny, would you know the name and designation of the UN official?
Could we draft a text at
http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/un-censorship-statement

I'm taking a crack at it right now.

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Pranesh Prakash
Policy Director
Centre for Internet and Society
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