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<p>Dear all</p>
<p>Unfortunately this posting below did not make it onto all
interested. But some of you may be able to make it to this
important discussion. <br>
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<p> Best wishes</p>
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<p style="line-height:100%; margin-bottom:0in" align="left"><b>Unpacking human rights and
safety challenges and concerns in Ethiopia
in the context of the 2022 global IGF</b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%" align="left">APC and
CIPESA are inviting you to participate in a
virtual discussion during this year's
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on Internet Freedom in Africa</a></u></span></font>
on the global
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Governance Forum</a></u></span></font>
that will take place in Addis Ababa from 28
November to 2 December 2022.
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<p style="line-height:115%" align="left"><b>Date:
</b>September 28, 2022 </p>
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<p style="line-height:115%" align="left"><b>Time:</b>
15:30 - 16:45 (2.25hrs) – 13:30-14:45 UTC</p>
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<p style="line-height:115%" align="left"><b>Format:</b>
Virtual<span><span> </span>
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<p align="left"><b>Purpose</b></p>
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<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="left">To
provide an opportunity for learning
about and discussing the human rights
and media freedom context in Ethiopia.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="left">To
create an opportunity for people who
would like to participate in the 2022
IGF in Addis Ababa to ask questions they
might have about safety concerns, in the
context of the recent conflict in the
northern parts of the country. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="left">To
facilitate interaction between civil
society, digital rights activists and
members of the technical community in
Africa and globally with those working
in Ethiopia.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="left">To
facilitate interaction between CSOs who
plan to participate in the IGF with the
IGF Secretariat and the Ethiopian IGF
Committee.
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</li>
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<p align="left"><b>Session outline</b></p>
<p align="left"><b>Moderator: Anriette
Esterhuysen, Senior Advisor, Internet
Governance, APC and outgoing IGF
</b></p>
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<p align="left">1. Opening remarks and welcome
– APC and CIPESA (4 minutes total)</p>
<p align="left">2. Preparation for IGF 2022 –
input from the host country government and
from the IGF Secretariat
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face=""times new roman",
"new york", times, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,
0, 0);" size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Dr.
Abiyot Bayou Tehone, </span></span></font></font></font><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-family: "times new
roman", "new york",
times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face=""times new roman",
"new york", times, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"times new roman", "new
york", times, serif; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="3">Director-Digital
Transformation Program, Ethiopia
Ministry of Innovation and Technology
and Mr. Chengetai Masango, Head of the
IGF Secretariat (14 minutes -7 mins
each)</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left">3. Short historical overview
of recent history in Ethiopia (e.g. last 50
years) and how this led to the current
situation -
<span lang="en-US">Dr. Mesenbet Assefa,
Addis Ababa University (7 minutes)</span></p>
<p align="left">4. Overview of the current
human rights context in Ethiopia –
achievements and challenges – Mr. Fisseha
Tekle, Amnesty International (7 minutes)</p>
<p align="left">5. Overview of the state of
internet access in Ethiopia – Ms Berhan Taye
(5 minutes)</p>
<p align="left">Overview of internet access
shutdowns in Ethiopia – Ms Felicia Anthonio,
Access Now/#KeepItOn (5 minutes)</p>
<p align="left">6. Some reflections on
previous IGFs that took place in countries
with human rights challenges (3 minutes)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="left">7.
Discussion</p>
<p align="left">8. Closing remarks </p>
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Anriette Esterhuysen - <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:monospace" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com</a>Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
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