[governance] What IGF is for? ONI Asia event rattled by UN

[David Goldstein]

Are these crocodile tears? Did anyone expect anything else in Egypt?

“Egypt’s legitimacy to host such a meeting is questionable as it has repeatedly been guilty of violations of online free expression,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is astonishing that a government that is openly hostile to Internet users is assigned the organisation of an international meeting on the Internet’s future.”
http://www.rsf.org/Violator-of-online-free-expression.html

If people on this list expected anything but they were very deluded. Reporters Without Borders obviously knew what to expect.

David




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From: Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha at gmail.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Shahzad Ahmad <shahzad at bytesforall.net>
Cc: Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>; Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>; McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 16 November, 2009 3:21:09 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] What IGF is for? ONI Asia event rattled by UN


Dear Shahzad and friends in ONI, 

It indeed is an act of great concern on the commitment of the freedom of expression. We stand united against this incident. Further, this should not create an opportunity for others to hurt the good work that is happening at IGF. So, +1 for the idea of registering the concern about the incident with concerned stakeholders/authority.   

In Solidarity.

Hempal Shrestha



On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Shahzad Ahmad <shahzad at bytesforall.net> wrote:

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>Dear Colleagues,
> 
>Did discuss this with quite a few friends here and 
>most of them agree for a joint action. How and what I don't know 
>but probably civil society representatives speaking on the 
>plenary can mention this appalling event and register the concern. Just a 
>suggestion and then I will really suggest MAG members to take this up with 
>IGF.
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>But I would really urged on the caucus members 
>attending IGF to take this up strongly otherwise, such things will keep 
>happening more and more in future too. 
> 
>best wishes
>Shahzad
>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: Ginger Paque 
>>To: governance at lists.cpsr.org ; Jeremy Malcolm 
>>Cc: McTim 
>>Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:58 
>>  PM
>>Subject: Re: [governance] What IGF is 
>>  for? ONI Asia event rattled by UN
>>
>>I do not think a boycott is the answer. It 
>>  removes the people who most object to the action... I think an effort should 
>>  be made to bring this up as an issue. Can the IGC coordinate on 
>>  this?
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>>Jeremy Malcolm wrote: 
>> 
>>On 15/11/2009, at 4:02 PM, McTim wrote: 
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>>>Shahzad, 
>>>>
>>>>Truly outrageous, your group 
>>>>      should really complain to Markus and get 
>>>>your books back immediately, 
>>>>      with an apology. 
>>>>
>>>>I think this shows how misguided it is to have 
>>>>      gov'ts play an 
>>>>increasingly large role in IG. 
>>>>
>>>+1 
>>> 
>>>
>>>Am I overreacting, or should those who do not have workshop 
>>>    commitments organise a boycott of the IGF tomorrow, and let the Secretariat 
>>>    know why? 
>>>
>>>In any case, I hope as many people will tweet and blog 
>>>    about this appalling action. 
>>>
>>>
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