[governance] Rights issues in Azerbaijan / What will CS @ Baku do?

[Katitza Rodriguez]

Hola Robert,

comments below:

On 5/2/12 9:15 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
> On 2012-05-02, at 3:13 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
>
>> In message<855077AC3D7A7147A7570370CA01ECD214F43D at SUEX10-mbx-10.ad.syr.edu>, at 22:03:02 on Tue, 1 May 2012, Milton L Mueller<mueller at syr.edu>  writes
>>>> Do you at least agree it wasn't a "workshop"? I know it sounds pedantic,
>>> [Milton L Mueller] It was a reception with food. And your point is...?
> A workshop is part of the official programme, and both interruptions 
> and poorly briefed organisers would be more serious.
> The incident in Sharm was not the only one where the IGF secretariat has stepped in and stopped a critical conversation related to rights.
>
> Last year's workshop session in Nairobi on - The Internet in the Post-Revolution Phase — Challenges of Political Engagement and the Safety of Citizens" was cancelled for reasons unknown at the very last minute. However, the people stayed in the room and a very lively and engaging conversation took place. In fact, the session - according to Keith Drazek from Verisign proved to be one of the successes of the whole event.
>
> IGF Nairobi - Success of the Multi-stakeholder Model
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/igf_nairobi_success_of_the_multi_stakeholder_model/
>
> The Secretariat tried to remove the video archive of the session from the official record. But luckily, it was saved - let's see for how long.

I did not hear about this. I'm astonished. Do you know if they are 
editing the reports to at their own whim? Is there more cases like this 
documented?




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