[bestbits] International civil society letter to Congress to follow up from HRC statement

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hi - can I check who is holding the pen on this draft at the moment? i
am avialable to help but don't want to do anything as i am not sure
where the drafting got to overnight....
checking back on the emails now - but please let me know if you need help
Joy
On 13/06/2013 8:01 a.m., Kevin Bankston wrote:
> Thanks Anriette.  It seems like people are OK with my proposal so I stuck it in the Pad (along with
CDT's name as a signer).
>
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I think Anja puts it very well. Our letter will be part of a series of
>> complimentary actions and we should feel comfortable with asking others
>> from the Global South to sign on to it.
>>
>> Kevin I am happy with your language as well.
>>
>> What we do want to avoid in my view is to use language that will
>> encourage readers to dismiss the message we try to get across as being
>> crudely anti-US.
>>
>> Who is doing the next clean draft?
>>
>> I am happy to work on edits in the morning if needed.
>>
>> Anriette
>>
>> On 12/06/2013 21:25, Anja Kovacs wrote:
>>> Dear Gene and all,
>>>
>>> As this statement is supposed to be one of international civil
society, I
>>> think it is important to retain that flavour - I don't think there is a
>>> point in simply replicating what US civil society has had to say.
>>>
>>> This is my belief also because I don't see this intervention in
isolation,
>>> but as part of a broader engagement with US institutions, including with
>>> the State Department, in which we attempt precisely to convey
alternative
>>> perspectives on core Internet issues, rather than simply feeding into an
>>> agenda already set for us.
>>>
>>> I can see that in this particular statement, we would want to think
>>> carefully about which concerns to highlight and how to frame them,
so as to
>>> provide as much support as possible to the current momentum. But I
do think
>>> there are certain non-negotiables if a wide sign up to this statement is
>>> desired. For example, at last year's Best Bits meeting, we already had a
>>> discussion on how few of us in the Global South use the term "Internet
>>> freedom" to describe the work we do for a whole range of highly
political
>>> reasons and so I would think not using that term is one such
>>> non-negotiable. As long as we take such issues into account, I am sure a
>>> sound compromise can be reached that will make for a strong statement
>>> acceptable to all.
>>>
>>> And I for one am happy with the framing suggested by Kevin on the
>>> whistle-blowers issue, by the way.
>>>
>>> Thanks and best regards,
>>> Anja
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
>> executive director, association for progressive communications
>> www.apc.org
>> po box 29755, melville 2109
>> south africa
>> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
>>
>
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