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

[Adam Peake]

Hi,

I worked for the IGF secretariat in Nairobi and at the time didn't
hear anything about this event (or non-event event).

On checking, have found that the workshop organizers were the ones who
cancelled.  They did so by email at short notice. The reason given for
cancelation being that three of the key speakers had been unable to
travel to Nairobi.

The IGF secretariat uploaded video of the event to YouTube, but felt
they couldn't use the original title as that workshop had not been
held. Instead they chose "The Internet and Post Revolution" as being a
close-ish alternative.  If you search the IGF YouTube channel
<http://www.youtube.com/user/igf/videos> with the word "revolution"
you find it.

(I am not working for the IGF secretariat at the moment, have no contract.)

Thanks,

Adam





On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
> Given past experiences, my recommendation would be that -  as a minimum
> workshop proposals that touch on Free expression and/or rights issues need
> to not only be supported - but also carefully monitored to make sure there
> isn't undue interference from the Azeri hosts and/or UN
>
>
> regards
>
> Robert
> --
> R. Guerra
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>
> On 2012-05-02, at 10:24 AM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote:
>
> 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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