Mary Rundle of Harvard University today presented the position paper of the coalition at the IGF open consultations in Geneva. Here is her contribution:
“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m speaking on behalf of the Free
Expression Online dynamic coalition that formed as a follow-up to the first
Internet Governance Forum meeting in Athens last year. This coalition celebrates
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Entries from May 2007
May 23, 2007
FOEonline at Geneva Open Consultations
May 18, 2007
Some People Think the Internet is a Bad Thing: The Struggle for Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace
Join Amnesty International UK and the Observer Newspaper for a unique global event. On 6 June we will use the internet to link activists from around the world to discuss the struggle against internet repression and to celebrate the irrepressible desire of people towards freedom of expression.
Wednesday 6 June 18.30 (UK/19.30 Europe/13.30 EST/ 10.30 PST)
Speakers [...]
May 14, 2007
FOEonline Contributes to IGF Open Consultations
The Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media Online (FOEonline) today submitted a ontribution to the IGF Open Consultations in Geneva on 23 May. Please see the whole text of the Contribution below:
Contribution to the Synthesis Paper for theInternet Governance Forum Open Consultation on 23 May 2007
From Members of the [...]
May 14, 2007
Internet Governance Workshop in Graz
The FOEonline coalition has been presented today during a workshop on ‘The European Dimension of Internet Governance‘ at the Institute of International Law and International Relations at Graz University (Austria).
Other speakers on perspectives on multi-stakeholder participation and human rights in the information society included Henrik Kaspersen, Director of the Computer Law Institute of the Vrije Universiteit [...]
May 7, 2007
RSF issues petition for the release of Egyptian bloggers
At the occasion of World Press Freedom Day the media NGo Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) issued a petition for the release of “Kareem Amer” and of his colleague Abdul-Moneim Mahmud.
RSF asks Internet-users to sign the petition on www.rsf.org, in which the worldwide press freedom organisation calls on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a conference organised [...]
