[governance] Internet Shutdown: An IGC Statement to the ISOC Cameroon Chapter?

Wed Feb 1 12:07:26 EST 2017

This is fantastic Arsene. You could call for collaborators and use the
etherpad on the IGC website.

Sala
On 30/01/2017 22:03, "Arsène Tungali" <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Starting a new thread.
>
> I would like to thank everyone for raising your concern about what's going
> on in Cameroon which is just another country added to the list of African
> countries that have experienced Internet shutdown. I am from the DRC and we
> have experienced this more than 3 times and I am in the best position to
> highly condem this new form of oppression.
>
> I would also like to thank everyone who have expressed their concern over
> what Mr. Janvier had to say about the shutdown in his country, where he
> volunteerly serve as ISOC Cameroon President. I join you all and condemn
> his position on this, which I can assure you, is his own position, not
> shared by his other colleagues at theISOC Chapter. Proof is he reacted to
> his other colleague who had a different view and who was making an appeal,
> asking for more coverage and action regarding what's going on in his
> country.
>
> For your information, ISOC has issued a statement
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/lets-keep-internet-everyone?utm_content=bufferc442c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>
> condemning the shutdown in Cameroon as well as in other countries. This
> show that ISOC, as an organization, does not support shutdowns but rather
> condem it firmly (as we all know).
>
> And, on a different mailing list, Mr. Nicolas Seidler
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/people/mr-nicolas-seidler>,
> who is Senior Policy Advisor for ISOC said the following:
>
> We felt it was time to formally express our long-standing concerns on such
> measures, in the context of the Cameroon situation and in view of others to
> come up in the future. We are also supporting and giving visibility to
> efforts from Access and members of the Keep it on campaign on our social
> media channels.
>
> And he reacted on Mr. Janvier's stance and ONLY had this to say:
> Finally, we have an ISOC Chapter in Cameroon, as in many other parts of
> the worlds. While not all members of Chapters share the same view (a
> Chapter is made of local volunteers, not staff), there are some who want to
> act and we’ll make sure to direct them to Deji, Julie and others involved
> in the advocacy effort.
>
> From the above, we understand that it was a personal point of view from
> Mr. Janvier which, as most of our colleagues said here, is completely
> wrong. I do personally believe that when a single person is restricted
> access, this should be raised and condemned. In Cameroon, we have 2 regions
> affected and this is terrible.
>
>
>
> *Now, coming back to the discussion on this list regarding a statement, I
> would like to suggest the following:*
> 1. We can issue a statement adressed to ISOC Global (to ISOC Executive
> Director for example) condemning the public stance taken by ISOC Cameroon
> President. May I suggest *Norbert and Mawaki* to make an initial draft
> statement and share with us within the next 48 hours (if at all possible)?
>
> 2. We then issue a more general statement condemning Internet shutdown
> across the world as a civil society coalition because I am sure this is the
> new form of opression that Gov are taking (as said by Snowden). It will be
> very useful we use the expertise we have here to draft this and circulate
> it widely in all networks as a way to condemn the act but also to raise
> awareness about the issue (which is still unfamiliar with those who are not
> actively involved in these discussions or who have never experienced any
> shutdown). *For this, I would like to ask request few volunteers to make
> an initial draft statement as well?*
>
> Please do let me know what you think or if there is another approach that
> we can all agree on and take action without wassting more time. If you want
> to be part of the team of 3 to draft the second statement, please do let us
> know on this list within the next 48 hours.
>
> Very best,
>
> Arsene, IGC Co-cooordinator
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