--- From: "Doug Ireland" <direlandat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: CyberFreedom Report and Prize (Reporters Without Borders) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:57:39 -0400 Declan, I thought you'd like to be aware of this event, the report that will be issued at it, and the prize that will be awarded there, if it hasn't already come to your attention. Regards, Doug Ireland 2003 Cyber-Freedom Prize Reporters Without Borders - GlobeNet 2003 Internet Report The Internet under surveillance : Obstacles to the free flow of information online Erick Aubourg, Director, GlobeNet & Robert Ménard, Secretary-General, Reporters Without Borders INVITE YOU TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST CYBER-FREEDOM PRIZE at a breakfast on 19 June 2003 at 9 a.m. De La Ville Café 36 bd Bonne Nouvelle 75010 PARIS Metro: Bonne Nouvelle At least 49 cyber-dissidents are currently in jail for just trying to exercise their right to free expression. Imprisonment means getting rid of witnesses and threatening everyone's right to information, so Reporters Without Borders has decided to recognise a cyber-dissident who has been prevented from informing us via the Internet. Reporters Without Borders and GlobeNet will award the first Cyber-Freedom Prize to an Internet user who has demonstrated a strong commitment to freedom of information online through their work or the views they have expressed. Présentation of the report 2003 THE INTERNET UNDER SURVEILLANCE : OBSTACLES TO THE FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION ONLINE At the same time as it announces the Cyber-Freedom Prize, Reporters Without Borders will also unveil its second Internet Report (Thursday 19 June 2003 at 9 a.m.) This report details the obstacles to the free flow of information online in 60 countries between spring 2001 and spring 2003 (164 pages, 10 euros). Produced with the support of the French foreign ministry, the Hachette Foundation and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the report covers both authoritarian countries that try to censor the Internet completely, and western democracies trying out different legislative frameworks for the Internet so that it doesn't get out of their control. >From 20 June, the entire report will be: - posted on the Reporters Without Borders website (www.rsf.org) - available in booklet form (10 euros + postage) - downloadable in PDF format PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE BY 16 JUNE 2003 Christine Poumarède Press and sponsoring International secretary 5, rue Geoffroy-Marie 75 009 Paris France presseat_private Tél : 01 44 83 84 72 Fax : 01 45 23 11 51 http://www.rsf.org/ Don't wait to be deprived of news to stand up and fight for it. Reporters Without Borders defends imprisoned journalists and press freedom throughout the world, as well as the right to inform the public and to be informed, in accordance with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reporters Without Borders has nine national sections (in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom), representatives in Abidjan, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Montreal, Moscow, Nairobi, New York, Tokyo and Washington and more than a hundred correspondents worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Invitación Jueves 19 de junio de 2003 a las 9 horas PREMIO CIBERLIBERTAD Reporteros sin Fronteras - Globenet 2003 Informe 2003 INTERNET VIGILADO : LAS TRABAS A LA LIBERTAD DE CIRCULACIÓN DE LA INFORMACION EN LA RED ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Erick Aubourg, Director de Globenet & Robert Ménard, Secretario general de Reporteros sin fronteras TIENEN EL PLACER DE INVITARLE A LA ENTREGA DEL PRIMER PREMIO CIBERLIBERTAD Al menos 49 ciberdisidentes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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