[governance] global events in non-democratic countries

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

Thank you Koven. I withdraw the term "claims" from my previous e-mail.

Fahd

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Koven Ronald <kovenronald at aol.com> wrote:

> And on what basis would you contend the contrary ?
>
>  I'm an active member of the Tunisia Monitoring Group, and we have noted
> the reluctance of the new authorities to enact meaningful free speech/press
> freedom measures.I refer you to various TMG alerts on the situation. The
> resignation in frustration of Kamel Labidi as head of the official body
> formed to promote media freedom measures speaks volumes. He is about to
> testify on the deterioration of the situation before the UN Human Rights
> Council in Geneva. When I was in Tunis for World Press Freedom Day this
> May, lack of official commitment to furthering media freedom was obvious.
> There are numerous well-documented concrete signs and examples.
>
>  Bests, Rony Koven
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>
> To: Koven Ronald <kovenronald at aol.com>
> Cc: IG Caucus <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 8:14 am
> Subject: Re: [governance] global events in non-democratic countries
>
>  Koven,
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Koven Ronald <kovenronald at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> (snip)
>>
>>  We had the same debate over holding the World Summit on the Information
>> Society in Tunis. I do think that going there and letting the world see the
>> real nature of the Ben Ali regime did prepare world opinion for the need
>> for a revolution, *even if freedom of expression isn't doing so well in
>> Tunisia now.*
>>
>
> On what basis did you base these claims?
>
> Fahd
>
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