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

[Guru गुरु]

This is a very serious issue and needs a strong protest ... else it will 
send a message that such censorship is OK.
The lines that were objected to could have been said by a speaker in a 
workshop ... this is quite an arbitrary action.

We should write a protest note from civil society to both the IGF 
organizer and the local host/organizer asking them for an explanation of 
incident.

regards
Guru

 Malcolm wrote:
> On 15/11/2009, at 4:02 PM, McTim wrote:
>
>> 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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