[WSIS CS-Plenary] Reflection on Tunis and free press/human rights

[Liss Jeffrey]

Very interesting and useful article/analysis from an African pov
http://allafrica.com/stories/200402120697.html

Free Press, Close Digital Divide

Daily Champion (Lagos)
ANALYSIS
February 12, 2004
Posted to the web February 12, 2004

By Remmy Nweke
Lagos

[snip]
Therefore, hosting the second WSIS in Tunisia, according to industry 
analysts, may face some hiccups, as most media professionals slated to 
participate at the global summit are already having rethink concerning 
their freedom to practice and move freely during the summit without being 
gagged, even on the Internet, especially if the tide of stories for 
publication do not favour the hosting nation; it may result to complete 
blockage of the service provider to the convention center.

For Africa and Tunisia, particularly, the fight against the media may spell 
doom for the continent as the inability to host the summit as slated would 
further set back the clock of development in the continent, just as Tunisia 
would lose handsomely through decline in tourism and other economic 
activities during the summit.
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