[IRP] Azerbaijan situation @IGF 2012 - Open Letter

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear all

And to loop the loop; the Open Letter being circulated about the 
suppression of the report (links below); http://en.hrsu.org/archives/1741

best
MF

On 07/11/2012 10:32, Marianne Franklin wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Sorted out the places Azeri activists are speaking today; thankfully 
> not in parallel but in back-to-back sessions:
>
> Elvin Mejidov is speaking at the RP Coalition-Access workshop ( 
> http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no157-access-internet-human-right) at 
> 14.30 in Room 2
>
> Emin Milli has tweeted that he's "Speaking today at #*igf12* 
> <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23igf12&src=hash> in Baku at the 
> workshop about "Civil Rights in Digital Age" at 16.30 in room 8"
>
> To those of you not at Baku, speaking here is all via headphones; a 
> different aural space for f2f meetings..
>
> best
> MF
>
>
> On 07/11/2012 10:21, Marianne Franklin wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Emin Milli is not speaking at the IRP Coalition-Access workshop ( 
>> http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no157-access-internet-human-right) 
>> but Elvin Mejidov. Information is free but also needs to be accurate. 
>> Hopefully Emin can be there too.
>>
>> cheers
>> MF
>>
>> On 07/11/2012 10:11, Marianne Franklin wrote:
>>> Hi again
>>>
>>> Had to resend this as my typing is appalling!
>>>
>>> On 07/11/2012 10:07, Marianne Franklin wrote:
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> Many of you will already have this via other lists from people at 
>>>> the Baku IGF. A report critical of the Freedom of Expression 
>>>> situation in Azerbaijan is being prevented from distribution at the 
>>>> IGF based on a UN rule about 'naming and shaming' that is clearly 
>>>> being enforced for some and not for others.
>>>>
>>>> Azeri dissidents are being forbidden from distributing the printed 
>>>> report but it is (still) available as a PDF online; For how long is 
>>>> the question as Freedom of Expression online is also under threat:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/11/05/irfs_launches_new_report/
>>>>
>>>> For more see Emin Milli's Blog. Emin will also be speaking this 
>>>> afternoon at the IRP Coalition-Access hosted workshop entitled "Is 
>>>> access to the Internet a human right?": A controversial theme as we 
>>>> all recall when the Charter on Internet Rights and Principles was 
>>>> being written so given this recent development on the ground a 
>>>> timely moment to hear what Azeri activists have to say; 
>>>> http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no157-access-internet-human-right
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to circulate the Link to the report widely (and "read 
>>>> before burning')
>>>> MF
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Dr Marianne Franklin
> Reader
> Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> Dept. of Media & Communications
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Dr Marianne Franklin
Reader
Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dept. of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
<m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
@GloComm
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