[governance] Draft Statement by IGC on Huan Qi's sentencing [5th August 2019 draft]

Wed Aug 7 06:20:42 EDT 2019

Dear Salanieta, all,

Thank you for your email and these efforts. I hope you'll excuse my
ignorance as a new member...I was wondering if this will be an 'IGC'
statement and if so if it has to be adopted by consensus or whether it is a
statement that anyone can sign on to? If it is an IGC statement then is
there a process for getting that consensus?

Best
Sheetal

On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 11:05, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>    1. The draft statement has been up on the ether pad since the 5th
>    August, 2019. Does anyone have any pressing changes to make or suggest?
>    2. It is below in this email or on the etherpad: https://bit.ly/2Yr9o71
>    3. I would like to leave this here for another 72 hours to see if
>    there is any suggestion for change or revision or amendments. If so, please
>    refer to the paragraph and suggest an alternate text.
>    4. If within the 72 hours, there are no comments, I will submit this
>    for a call for consensus before as a community we decide whether we agree
>    or not and if the statement is to be made or not.
>    5. For now, thank you for the discussions, debate, diverse
>    perspectives so far, let's keep at it as it is productive and insightful.
>    6. Individually, we only see in part but together we see as a whole.
>    7. My only concern and motivation is Huang Qi.
>    8. I keep imagining him in a dark prison cell without access and even
>    if the statement does not get him freed but at least we would have
>    attempted to do something.
>
> With every best wish,
> Sala
>
>
> This is intended to be a collaborative process and is only a draft and we
> are not at the stage where there is a call for consensus yet.
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 4:14 PM Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> 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]
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>
>>
>
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