[governance] Statement by IGC on Huan Qi's sentencing

[ian.peter at ianpeter.com]

Oh I am glad you noticed that Farzaneh - our credibility for having 
independent inputs is ruined if we either deliberately or accidentally 
adopt such statements which fully mimic any government.

Here is the wording of the US statement - more than just the opening 
paragraph, whole sections of our proposed wording are identical. 
WTF.....

"The United States is deeply concerned by the sentencing of online 
activist Huang Qi to 12 years in prison. Huang has been honored multiple 
times by Reporters Without Borders for his courage in exposing 
corruption and human rights violations in China through his website, 64 
Tianwang.

The imprisonment of Huang Qi underscores China’s continued repression of 
human rights and fundamental freedoms, including free speech.  We urge 
the Chinese government to uphold its international commitments related 
to fair trial guarantees and the rule of law.  We call on China to 
immediately release Mr. Huang, and to allow him access to his family, 
medical care, and legal counsel as soon as possible. We also call on 
China to end undue restrictions on the freedom of movement of his family 
and those who assisted him."

So I oppose repitition of any of these sentences or phrases. We can echo 
the sentiments if we are in agreement with them, but our statement must 
be our statement, not a copy of that of any government..

Ian Peter


------ Original Message ------
From: "farzaneh badii" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
To: salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Cc: "David Allen" <david_allen_ab63 at post.harvard.edu>; "Marie Georges" 
<ma.georges at orange.fr>; "Norbert Bollow" <nb at bollow.ch>; "governance" 
<governance at lists.riseup.net>; "ian.peter at ianpeter.com" 
<ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
Sent: 4/08/2019 12:14:43 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] Statement by IGC on Huan Qi's sentencing

>The first paragraph is almost a copy paste of the US  statement. We 
>can't just work on a "draft" that someone else has issued already. This 
>needs to be redrafted from scratch should we want to issue a statement.
>
>On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:33 PM "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" 
><governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>Dear All,
>>
>>This revised draft captures some of Chaitanya and Ian's input and 
>>suggested edits. Please review and comment.
>>
>>Revised Draft 4th August, 2019
>>
>>Proposed Draft
>>
>>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is deeply concerned by 
>>the sentencing of online activist Huang Qi to 12 years in prison.  
>>Huang has been honoured multiple times by Reporters Without Borders 
>>for his courage in exposing corruption and human rights violations in 
>>China through his website, 64 Tianwang.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Huang Qi has greatly strengthened China as a country by bringing to 
>>the foreground these good governance issues including but not limited 
>>to corruption & human rights. It is our view that Huang Qi should be 
>>honoured as a strong contributor to society.
>>
>>
>>
>>We urge the Chinese government to uphold its international commitments 
>>related to fair trial guarantees and the rule of law.  We call on 
>>China to immediately release Mr. Huang, and to allow him access to his 
>>family, medical care, and legal counsel as soon as possible.  We also 
>>call on China to end undue restrictions on the freedom of movement of 
>>his family and those who assisted him.
>>
>>
>>
>>We note that China is a member of the United Nations Human Rights 
>>Council this year. The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus calls 
>>on China to aspire to subscribe to the Charter of the Internet Rights 
>>and Principles which was developed by the Dynamic Coalition on 
>>Internet Rights and Principles within the Internet Governance Forum 
>>and is available on the OHCHR website.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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