[APCPress] APC Statement now in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Slovak

[Karen Higgs]

APC OPPOSES ACTIONS AGAINST AL JAZEERA WEBSITE

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), an international
network of civil society organizations supporting the use of the
Internet for social justice, came out in opposition to recent attempts
to curtail the online presence of Arabic-language news service, Al
Jazeera. 

"The Internet must be allowed to freely perform its unique and vital
role as a promoter of 'freedom of expression' and content diversity,
especially in times of conflict," APC said in a statement released April
4. 

The statement can now be read in six languages*:

English: http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=10848
Spanish: http://www.apc.org/espanol/news/index.shtml?x=11032
Portuguese: http://www.cidadania.org.br/conteudo.asp?conteudo_id=664
French: http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=11168
Slovak: http://www.changenet.sk/?&section=spr&x=70512
Japanese: http://www.labornetjp.org/antiwar2003/news2003/20030404apc

The statement is featured in an article ("US turns to net for war
updates",  April 8 2003) by BBC Online:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2925289.stm


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*APC would like to thank ChangeNet, RITS and LaborNet Nippon for
translations into Slovak, Portuguese and Japanese respectively.