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

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" (via governance Mailing List]

Your suggested draft text was incorporated into the text and if you are
still after further revisions, be precise in what specifically you want to
replace.

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 5:05 am ian.peter at ianpeter.com, <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
wrote:

> 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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> Farzaneh
>
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