[governance] Fall ICANN meeting in Cairo - Rights discussion

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Hi all
This seems a little skewed.
 From my reading of the recent discussion, it's not that those issues 
are not of CONCERN to ICANN staff and the ALAC and others, but rather it 
is not seen as part of ICANN's very narrow mission and focus.
This is IMO far more an issue for the IGF than for ICANN's technical remit.
Jacqueline A. Morris

Robert Guerra wrote:
>
> As many of you may know,  ICANN has recently announced that Cairo has 
> been selected to host its 33rd International Public Meeting 
> <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may08.htm>
>
> Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) published a public statement 
> the other day in which he and other congressional representatives seem 
> to indicate that ICANN promotes free speech principles. However recent 
> comments by members of the ICANN at-large advisory committee as well 
> as members of  ICANN staff seem to indicate that issues of freedom of 
> expression, censorship and internet freedom is NOT of concern to ICANN.
>
> ref - 
> http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3342&Itemid=125 
>
>
> Perhaps what is needed is that internet users start an advocacy 
> campaign to make it clear to ICANN and its at-large advisory committee 
> that Internet Freedom is not optional - but a right of that should be 
> promoted and included as a core organizational value.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
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