[WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunis censored???

Mon Mar 8 09:45:12 GMT 2004

In French bellow
Thanks Renata,
I am waitting for those of our colleagues who attended
Tunis and sent messages full of "sous-entendu".
Let's work on the necessairy free access to websites
in Tunisia as onr of our aim among others, but please
let's be practice and not politiquement correct vis à
vis the unical thinking !
Friendly yours
Djilali
Merci Reneta
J'attends les détails de ceux de nos collègues qui ont
été à Tunis et qui ont envoyé des messages pleins de
sous-entendu.
Travaillons maintenant concrètement sur l'impérieuse
nécessité de faire en sorte que l'accès libre à
internet deveinnent un de nos objectifs avant d'aller
au sommet, un objectif parmi d'autres sans à priori
pour les tenant de l'ultralibéralisme et de la pensée
unique.
Amicalement
Djilali
--- Renata BLOEM <rbloem at ngocongo.org> wrote:
> Djilali,
> 
> We were neither threatened, in danger nor any other
> unpleasant thing. Quite
> the contrary, we were met with an offensive de charm
> and warm hospitality.
> As Nnenna said we also talked freely to media about
> our hope that Tunis wold
> provide an excellent opportunity to help implement
> the Geneva Declaration
> and Plan of Action with all its development and
> human rights implication.
> 
> However, it is also true that certain websites as of
> now can not be
> accessed, and therefore freedom of access to
> Internet is not yet guaranteed.
> Best
> Renata
> 
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> 
> In French bellow
> Thanks Nnenna,
> I really appreciate your comment as a person who
> live
> the experience and your comment are also important
> than any other comments.
> I guess that our colleagues and friends did there
> comments directly from Tunis even for censure and
> other bad practices if even... Did they was
> thraitned
> did they felt themself in danger ? Did they think
> that
> the tunisian police was able to kill them ? Did they
> feel themselves differently that they felt in Geneva
> ?
> Please let's try to be more responsable in the
> future
> and let's stop to acte as we are doing considering
> membrers of this list as children...
> All the best
> Merci Nnenna j'appricie votre commentaire toi qui a
> participi ` Tunis, et ton commentaire vaut n'importe
> quel autre commentaires...
> Je risume en disant que je suis fatigui d'jtre
> infantilisi par de l'information mal infusie ` moins
> que nos collhgues nous affirment qu'ils se sont
> sentis
> en danger de mort en Tunisie, ils n'vaient qu'`
> timoigner de l`-bas...
> Djilali
> Djilali
> --- Nnenna <nne75 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello all
> >
> > I am a bit surprised to hear of "censorship" in
> > Tunis?  Is Robert saying he will feel freer out of
> > Tunis or is he saying that he cannot report
> anything
> > unless he leaves Tunis?
> >
> > Well...
> >
> > I personally did do a four- pager on the African
> > Civil Society Coordination which I handed out to
> > everyone including the guys from the ministry.
> > Everyone!  And noone questioned me about it.
> >
> > I gave three interviews: one to the TV and two to
> > radios (one radio in French and the other in
> Arabic)
> > in which I stressed the need for freedom of the
> > press and the need for the Tunisian CS to really
> > participate in the processes, not just act as
> > figurines.  I stressed the need for the inclusion
> of
> > women, children, youth and the handicaped.  The TV
> > did not edit it, It came on just that way!
> >
> > On Monday evening, before even the meeting
> started,
> > the ICT and Transport Minister attended the CS
> > meeting and answered our questions.  In all, CS
> > members present in Tunis met three times, before,
> > during and after the informal meeting.  I do not
> > remember anyone raising a point on censorship.
> >
> >   Alain and Louise also had appointments in town.
> > They will be in the best position to report on
> > those.  I did meet with the Tunisian CS members to
> > chat on the implication of the Tunisian CS and I
> > must say I was not disappointed.
> >
> > Hiroshi, the handicaped family Focal Point and
> > myself paid a visit to an NGO that works with
> > Handicaped kids.  I appreciated the activities and
> > the political will that the center testified of.
> >
> > Another thing, the govt announced the creation of
> a
> > CS facilitation fund. He also informed us that the
> > organization committee had two CS members.  We
> > welcomed those.
> >
> > Lastly, it will be important to notice that the
> > meeting was an informal one.  Individuals were
> > invited on personal basis, and this was clear from
> > the word go.  The results of the meeting is also
> > informal.
> >
> > I do not intend this to be a report.  It is a
> > personal contribution.
> >
> > Nnenna
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
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> 
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