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<span lang="EN-GB">Hi Karen et al,<br>
<br>
Some links to the way the Summit is being reported in the press.<br>
<br>
From here in London I notice that the WSIS has got much more coverage
since the Tunisian authorities intensified their repression. The
Guardian piece quotes Steve Buckley and the Independent also ran an
editorial on the Internet governance issue (unfortuntaely that piece is
ion subscription) calling for ther US to be more flexible as well as
giving over its front page to the Censorship issue.<br>
<br>
Good luck to all in Tunis. I'll do my best to get news and information
circulated as widely as possible.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Jim</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<h2><small>EU attacks police tactics at Tunis internet conference</small></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"></span></b><span
style="font-family: Geneva;" lang="EN-GB">The
European Union has made a formal complaint to the Tunisian government
on the eve of a world internet summit in Tunis over heavy-handed police
tactics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Geneva;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style=""> </span>Full story by Kieren McCarthy in <b><a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</a><span style=""> </span><span
style=""> </span></b>November 16, 2005</span><br>
<b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
On the line: the Internet’s future</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="" lang="EN-GB">Daniel Howden, The Independent, November
16th<br>
<br>
</span>Over
the next three days a United Nations summit, in the unlikely setting of
Tunisia, will attempt to thrash out the future of the internet.
<p>More
than 40 world leaders, including Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general,
are set to attend, and the ownership of the World Wide Web itself is at
stake. What the delegates won't discuss is the creeping spectre of
censorship.</p>
<a
href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article327341.ece">
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article327341.ece</a><span
lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><br>
<b><br>
Tunisia chided over web censorship</b></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="" lang="EN-GB">Victoria Shannon, International Herald
Tribune, <span style=""> </span>November 16<sup>th</sup> </span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span><a
href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/16/business/censor.php"><span
style=""><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/16/business/censor.php</span></span></a><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet governance remains in US hands</span><br>
By Kate Mackenzie in , Financial Times, London<br>
November 16 2005<br>
Internet
governance will remain predominantly under US control for at least five
years, after a vote at a UN conference in Tunisia.<br>
The second summit
of the UN-endorsed World Summit of the Information Society, which is
under way in Tunis, agreed late Tuesday night to a deal that will see
the status quo continue largely unchanged.<br>
<a
href="http://http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d5c71646-56a1-11da-b98c-00000e25118c.html">http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d5c71646-56a1-11da-b98c-00000e25118c.html<br>
</a><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet: le sommet de Tunis accouche
d'un forum</span><br>
Ludovic Blecher, novembre 16<br>
C'est
un compromis entre le statu quo défendu par les Américains et la
volonté de l'élargissement de la gouvernance de l'Internet voulu par
les Européens • Pour l'instant, l'Icann continue de superviser le
réseau •<br>
<a href="http://www.liberation.com/page.php?Article=338848">http://www.liberation.com/page.php?Article=338848</a><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Le Sommet de Tunis s'ouvre par un
compromis sur la gouvernance d'Internet</span><br>
LE Monde16 novembre 2005<br>
<br>
A
quelques heures de l'ouverture officielle du Sommet mondial sur la
société de l'information (SMSI) à Tunis, mercredi, un accord a été
trouvé sur la principale pomme de discorde : la gouvernance d'Internet.<br>
<a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-710595,0.html">http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-710595,0.html
</a><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">EE UU mantiene el control de los
dominios de Internet</span> <br>
El Piais, noviembre 16<br>
La
Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información sólo logra acordar
la creación de un foro internacional de discusión sobre la Red<br>
EE UU
y el resto de países que asisten a la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad
de la Información (CMSI), que ha comenzado oficialmente hoy en Túnez,
acordaron anoche en una reunión maratoniana la creación de un foro
internacional propuesto por la UE en el que se discutirán diversas
cuestiones relacionadas con Internet, pero el control que sobre esta
ejerce el gobierno estadounidense permanecerá intacto.<br>
<a
href="http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elppornet/20051116elpepunet_1/Tes">http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elppornet/20051116elpepunet_1/Tes</a><br>
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hi vittorio and all
<br>
<br>
There is a lot of information being generated but much of this is being
written to blogs..
<br>
<br>
for those running blogs, i wonder if you could post a summary or
abstracts of pieces to this list? it is true that there isn't much
informaiton at all being posted to plenary.
<br>
<br>
>Today the Swiss President speech was apparently censored by the
Tunisian TV, as well as Ms. Ebadi's one. Her press conference >was
subsequently cancelled and no one here knows why. Civil society
connectivity from our offices apparently started to misfunction. >No
one knows what's happening with the Citizens' Summit, many of us don't
even know where to go if they want to attend it.
<br>
<br>
Ms ebadi's press conference wasn't cancelled - she attended the Press
Conference held at the offices of the Tunisian League - which was a
great success. Many people will be filing stories about it this morning
i'm sure.
<br>
<br>
here is a little more information about last nights press conference
and actions this morning..
<br>
<br>
karen
<br>
<br>
Bonjour,
<br>
<br>
Cet après-midi, une conférence de presse a eu lieu au siège de la ligue
<br>
tunisienne pour les droits de l'homme, dans la ville de Tunis.
Plusieurs
<br>
personnalités officielles ont assisté à cet événement et ont pris la
parole pour
<br>
exprimer publiquement leur soutien à la société civile tunisienne
indépendante,
<br>
pour exprimer leur désaccord avec l'interdiction de la tenue du "Sommet
citoyen
<br>
pour la société de l'information" et pour s'opposer aux violences qui
ont eu
<br>
lieu à Tunis ces derniers jours. Parmis celles-ci: Shirin Ebadi (prix
nobel de
<br>
la paix), Mokhtar Trifi (président de la lgue tunisienne des droits de
l'homme),
<br>
le rapporteur spécial des Nations-unies pour les droits de l'homme, Mme
Trautman
<br>
(Parlement européen) et le maire de Genève. De nombreux représentants
de
<br>
délégations officielles, ainsi que de nombreux journalistes étaient
aussi
<br>
présents à cette réunion qui n'a été ni bloquée, ni perturbée par les
forces de
<br>
l'ordre.
<br>
<br>
Au cours de cette conférence de presse, Shirin Ebadi a lancé un appel
pour une
<br>
mobilisation de solidarité - demain matin à 9h00 - avec les 7
personnalités
<br>
tunisiennes qui mènent depuis le 18 octobre une grève de la faim. Ceci
est donc
<br>
un appel à toute les personnes de la société civile internationale qui
peuvent
<br>
se rendre sur les lieux à venir demain matin à 9h00 à la rue:
<br>
23 Mokhtar attia
<br>
Près de la banque centrale -
<br>
En face du siège de l'ATB
<br>
<br>
Amitiés
<br>
chantal Peyer
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hello,
<br>
<br>
This afternoon (4.30 pm) a press conference took place in the venue of
the
<br>
tunisian human rights ligue building, in the town of Tunis. Several
official
<br>
speakers took the floor, among which Mokhtar Trifi (president of human
rights
<br>
ligue), Shirin Ebadi (peace nobel price 2003), The UN special
raporteur on
<br>
human rights, the mayor of Geneva, Ms Trautmann (EU Parliament),
etc.... Many
<br>
delegates from national delegations and many international journalists
were
<br>
present and this time the meeting was neither blocked nor disturbed by
the
<br>
authorities. Reports will be written and sent to the list tomorrow, I
think.
<br>
<br>
During this meeting Shirin Ebadi also asked for a strong sign of
solidarity
<br>
towards the 7 tunisian civil society personnalities who are still on a
hunger
<br>
strike. They have been on hunger strike since the 18th of october and
among them
<br>
certain are in a dangerous physicall condition now. This is a call to
all
<br>
international civil society actors to meet the hungers strikers
tomorrow at 9am
<br>
to express them our solidarity.
<br>
<br>
We will meet at 9am at the following address:
<br>
23 Mokhtar attia
<br>
In Tunis
<br>
Near the central bank and just opposite to the ATB building.
<br>
<br>
Regards
<br>
Chantal Peyer
<br>
<br>
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