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

[Norbert Bollow]

Sala,

Thanks a lot for this new draft. Indeed this new approach is acceptable
to me.

Greetings,
Norbert


On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 05:14:23 +0100
"\"Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro\"" (via governance Mailing List)
<governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

> This is a revised draft following Norbert's comments. It is also on
> the etherpad via
> https://bit.ly/2Yr9o71
> 
> There's free wifi on the plane so able to draft a revision.
> 
> *Proposed Revised  Draft 5th August, 2019.*
> 
> (1) The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is deeply
> concerned by global trends of governments to abuse the "national
> security" exception to trample on basic freedoms of expression
> particularly when these freedoms are fundamentally linked to good
> governance and keeping governments accountable.
> 
> (2) From Venezuela's treatment of Luis Carlos Diaz and numerous other
> journalists, United States of America's treatment of Edward Snowden
> and Julian Assange, France's mistreatment of Taha Bouhafs, a reporter
> at French news website *Là-bas Si J'y Suis, *allegedly assaulted
> whilst filming a protest of undocumented workers and now the recent
> sentencing of Chinese webmaster and human rights activist Huang Qi to
> 12 years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets when he was
> promoting accountability and transparency and good governance.
> 
> (3) The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus calls on governments
> 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 which is
> available on the OHCHR website.
> 
> (4) We note that China is a member of the United Nations Human Rights
> Council this year.
> 
> (5)The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus would like to call on
> China to recognise  Mr Huang Qi's motivations to encourage good
> governance where government officials do not abuse their roles.
> MrHuang Qi has been recognised for his stellar journalism by
> Reporters Without Borders in 2004 with the Cyber Freedom Prize.
> 
> (6) Since setting up website, 64 Tianwang in 1998 to track human
> trafficking cases, over the years, the websitet has extended to
> reporting on persons exploited by government officials and promoting
> good governance.
> 
> (7) Mr 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.
> 
> (8) Mr Huang Qi should be honoured as a strong contributor society.
> 
> (9)We urge the Chinese government to uphold its international
> commitments.
> 
> (10)We call on China to recognize that Mr Huang’s actions are part of
> keeping government accountable to the people.
> 
> (11)We note that the Committee to protect Journalists had reported
> that at Mr Huang Qi's last imprisonment, he was denied medical
> treatment and has serious health issues, such as kidney problems and
> tumours and denied legal access.
> 
> (12) It was also reported that he is being denied access to medical
> care and legal counsel.
> 
> (13)We call for the immediate release of Mr. Huang, and to allow him
> access to his family, medical care, and legal counsel as soon as
> possible.
> 
> (14)We also call on China to end undue restrictions on the freedom of
> movement of his family and those who assisted him.
> 
> (15)Furthermore, we call on governments to recognise that their
> administration is for the people and not meant to be self serving at
> the expense of innocent lives.
> 
> (16)The freedom of journalists, media freedoms, freedom of expression
> are necessary for a balanced society and to promote the rule of law.
> 
> ENDS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 1:34 pm Imran Ahmed Shah, <ias_pk at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Dear All (IGC Members),
> 
> With reference to the following proposal on the subject, an EhterPad
> link is created for the joint collaboration and contribution efforts.
> Following draft has also been copied there for your. The IGC CS
> Statement is accessible through following URL Link:
> 
> https://bit.ly/2Yr9o71
> 
> This Etherpad is established on request form Sala, temporarily
> created on RiseUp.net
> 
> Thanking you and Best Regards
> 
> Imran Ahmed Shah
> 
> [for IGC WG for Website]
> 
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> 
> On Sunday, 4 August 2019, 12:40:41 GMT+5, Salanieta T.
> Tamanikaiwaimaro < governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:  
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Further to the revised draft, I should add that he has advanced
> medical conditions that require treatment, see:
> 
> https://cpj.org/2019/07/chinese-court-sentences-journalist-huang-qi-to-12-.php
> 
> Sala
> 
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 8:18 am Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro, <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:  
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Kindly find a revised draft, please feel free to suggest any changes
> as this is still early drafting stages. I have numbered the sentences
> for ease of reference and when commenting on replacements, refer to
> sentence number and suggest edits and revisions.
> 
> *Revised Draft 4th August, 2019 12:13am [Californian Time]*
> 
> 
> Proposed Revised  Draft
> 
> (1)The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is deeply concerned
> by the sentencing of Chinese webmaster and human rights activist
> Huang Qi to 12 years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets
> when he was promoting accountability and transparency and good
> governance.
> 
> 
> (2) We note that China is a member of the United Nations Human Rights
> Council this year.
> 
> 
> (3) 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.
> 
> 
> (4) We further note that Mr Huang Qi, was honoured by Reporters
> Without Borders in 2004 with the Cyber Freedom Prize.
> 
> 
> (5) Since setting up website, 64 Tianwang in 1998 to track human
> trafficking cases, over the years, it has extended to reporting on
> persons exploited by government officials and promoting good
> governance.
> 
> 
> 
> (6) Mr 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.
> 
> 
> (7) It is our view that Huang Qi should be honoured as a strong
> contributor to society.
> 
> 
> 
> (8) We urge the Chinese government to uphold its international
> commitments related to fair trial guarantees and the rule of law.
> 
> 
> (9)We call on China to recognize that Mr Huang’s actions are part of
> keeping government accountable to the people.
> 
> 
> (10) We call for the immediate release of Mr. Huang, and to allow him
> access to his family, medical care, and legal counsel as soon as
> possible.
> 
> 
> (11) We also call on China to end undue restrictions on the freedom of
> movement of his family and those who assisted him.
> 
> 
> 
> ENDS
> 
> 
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> 
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 1:34 pm Imran Ahmed Shah, <ias_pk at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear All (IGC Members),
> >
> > With reference to the following proposal on the subject, an
> > EhterPad link is created for the joint collaboration and
> > contribution efforts. Following draft has also been copied there
> > for your. The IGC CS Statement is accessible through following URL
> > Link:
> >
> > https://bit.ly/2Yr9o71
> >
> > This Etherpad is established on request form Sala, temporarily
> > created on RiseUp.net
> >
> > Thanking you and Best Regards
> >
> > Imran Ahmed Shah
> >
> > [for IGC WG for Website]
> >
> > P.S:
> > If you do not wish to mention your name, basic information or
> > contribution to be published, please use some abbreviation or
> > alternate to your name, and declare on the mailing list explicitly,
> > that you do not want to mention your basic information
> > (Affiliation/ Organization, Email) anywhere. Please also note that
> > this workspace (Etherpad) and Mailing List both are publicly
> > accessible workspaces somehow. (Ref. IGC GDPR Compliance Policy
> > Statement).
> >
> > WARNING: This "pad" is a collaborative document that can be edited
> > by anyone who has the URL. If you use an obvious name for the pad,
> > it could be guessed.
> > WARNING: This pad will be DELETED if 60 days go by with no edits.
> > There is NO WAY to recover the pad after this happens, so be
> > careful!
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, 4 August 2019, 12:40:41 GMT+5, Salanieta T.
> > Tamanikaiwaimaro < governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:  
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Further to the revised draft, I should add that he has advanced
> > medical conditions that require treatment, see:
> >
> >
> > https://cpj.org/2019/07/chinese-court-sentences-journalist-huang-qi-to-12-.php
> >
> > Sala
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 8:18 am Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro, <  
> > salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:  
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Kindly find a revised draft, please feel free to suggest any
> > changes as this is still early drafting stages. I have numbered the
> > sentences for ease of reference and when commenting on
> > replacements, refer to sentence number and suggest edits and
> > revisions.
> >
> > *Revised Draft 4th August, 2019 12:13am [Californian Time]*
> >
> >
> > Proposed Revised  Draft
> >
> > (1)The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is deeply concerned
> > by the sentencing of Chinese webmaster and human rights activist
> > Huang Qi to 12 years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets
> > when he was promoting accountability and transparency and good
> > governance.
> >
> >
> > (2) We note that China is a member of the United Nations Human
> > Rights Council this year.
> >
> >
> > (3) 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.
> >
> >
> > (4) We further note that Mr Huang Qi, was honoured by Reporters
> > Without Borders in 2004 with the Cyber Freedom Prize.
> >
> >
> > (5) Since setting up website, 64 Tianwang in 1998 to track human
> > trafficking cases, over the years, it has extended to reporting on
> > persons exploited by government officials and promoting good
> > governance.
> >
> >
> >
> > (6) Mr 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.
> >
> >
> > (7) It is our view that Huang Qi should be honoured as a strong
> > contributor to society.
> >
> >
> >
> > (8) We urge the Chinese government to uphold its international
> > commitments related to fair trial guarantees and the rule of law.
> >
> >
> > (9)We call on China to recognize that Mr Huang’s actions are part of
> > keeping government accountable to the people.
> >
> >
> > (10) We call for the immediate release of Mr. Huang, and to allow
> > him access to his family, medical care, and legal counsel as soon
> > as possible.
> >
> >
> > (11) We also call on China to end undue restrictions on the freedom
> > of movement of his family and those who assisted him.
> >
> >
> >
> > ENDS
> >
> >
> > ---
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> >