[WSIS CS-Plenary] Report from Tunisia meeting?

[Robert Guerra]

Tracey:

believe me, there will be a full report from those of us who were there. 
Instant reports are hard - give us a few days, and we'll have more info 
and comments to share

and yes, all incoming and outgoing internet traffic in Tunisia is 
censored. the human rights watch and amnesty intl sites (www.hrw.org & 
www.amnesty.org) could not be accesses from either internet cafe's in 
the city nor at the internet cafe setup at the meeting by the conference 
organizers.

regards

Robert



--On Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:39 AM +0200 Tracey Naughton 
<t.naughton at iafrica.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert
>
> I don't believe that the list is censored, though it may be widely
> read. What you would be practicing by being economical with the truth
> on the list would be self-censorship - a response often adopted by
> reporters working in repressive environments where fundamental
> principles of freedom of expression / access to information, are
> compromised. If you feel that the civil society list constitutes such
> an environment then we face an extremely serious situation. I don't
> believe this is the case or that we should act like scared rabbits and
> deny people information - even those who's views we may want to
> challenge - lets have open debate.
>
> Please will someone openly report on the Tunis meeting. We expect
> issues. We need to address them. We cannot claim to be transparent and
> participatory and rely on isolated 'full briefings' in  far away
> places between two people.
>
> Robert, I know that your intentions are very good, but principles must
> be adhered to if we are to even dream of any equilibrium on this
> globe. As concerned as you may be about outing with your impression of
> the Tunis meeting, we all need to know and we must guard against the
> creation of information rich cliques.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Tracey
>
>
>
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