Censorship of postcards at the IGF

[Donny B.U.]

1. random placement? i put on the on the public table and on the table of
indonesian booth. yesterday, we were preparing indonesian booth. so because
the table still empty, then we put some of the postcard at the table.
because we dont want our booth look empty, since other booth already has
content. so, we are not use the postcard for against indonesia government
;D even we are helping our government to atke care the booth, the id-igf
also the next igf in bali. but all the postcard in the indonesia booth all
taken away in the first time, when we go out for lunch.  because its
indonesian booth, i believe the indonesian gov that have right to objection
with the postcard, not the UN :)

2. reference country? i attached  what maybe the UN mean with that. it's a
marketing buzzword, "dangerously beautiful".. please do googling, and you
will find that word as promotion of indonesia by anyone.

i dont want to argue furthermore with the UN officer, also because when he
asked me not to distribute the postcards, around me are people from
indonesian embassy including the ambasador and from the ict ministry. i
have to respect them, as the formal delegation that will fight for the next
igf.

regards,

-dbu-

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> So here is the official line.  Questions that this opens up:
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> I have edited the document on the pad at
> http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/un-censorship-statement.  I think we have
> enough information now to finalise the statement soon and start gathering
> support and disseminating it.
>
> Do we have any press contacts on this list who could attend the IGF
> official press conference and raise this matter?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Chengetai Masango <CMASANGO at unog.ch>
> *Subject: **Re: Censorship of postcards at the IGF*
> *Date: *6 November 2012 9:56:06 AM GMT+04:00
> *To: *jeremy at ciroap.org
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> One of the UN staff had a polite talk with the gentleman distributing the
> postcards and he seemed to understand.
>
> Best regards
>
> Chengetai
>
>
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