<P>The same happened in France : all most important newspapers reported daily on the "Tunis events" -mainly focused on HR underrmining- and mentioned the WSIS' main goals. Of course, Internet was the center of interest up to now.</P>
<P>This interest of the French press and media on WSIS outcomes wasn't as important during the Geneva Sulmmit. </P>
<P>Should we thank Ben Ali for such a promotion ?</P>
<P>All the best for you </P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 17/11/05 11:03<BR>> De : "Jim McDonnell" <JIMMCDONNELL@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK><BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] What's happening? News coverage<BR>> <BR>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people] Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message! _______________________________________ <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>> <BR>> </SPAN></B><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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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 lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva">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.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva"><SPAN></SPAN>Full story by Kieren McCarthy in <B><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</A><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN></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 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> </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 lang=EN-GB>Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune, <SPAN></SPAN>November 16<SUP>th</SUP> </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal><BR>> </P><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>> karen banks wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid6.2.5.6.0.20051117070234.05eceeb0@gn.apc.org type="cite">[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people] <BR>> <BR>> Click <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/">http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/</A> to access automatic translation of this message! <BR>> _______________________________________ <BR>> <BR>> 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>> <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>> _______________________________________________ Plenary mailing list Plenary@wsis-cs.org http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary </BLOCKQUOTE>