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The Association for Progressive Communications invites you to the launch of the Global Information Society Watch 2014 annual publication, focused on communication surveillance in the digital age. The report covers 57 countries including South Africa, in a chapter written by Professor Jane Duncan. The Global Information Society Watch is a space for collaborative monitoring of an inclusive information society. The launch will allow for engagement on the current state of privacy and surveillance in South Africa and other parts of the world. It will include a focus on the African Convention on Cybersecurity and the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms.
The launch of the report will be done in partnership with the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI).
Communications surveillance in South Africa: The case of the Sunday Times newspaper
The story of the Sunday Times has been chosen as a case study of just how corruptible South Africa’s communications monitoring and interception capacities are, in spite of the government claiming that it offers all the necessary protections for civil liberties. The paper is owned by one of the four largest press groups, Times Media Limited. The journalists, Stephan Hofstätter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika, had their communications intercepted by the Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service (SAPS), in order to disrupt their work as journalists and to uncover their sources.
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African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms is a Pan-African initiative to promote human rights standards and openness principles in internet-policy making on the continent. The Declaration is intended to elaborate on the principles which are necessary to uphold human and people’s rights on the internet, and to cultivate an internet environment that can best meet Africa’s social and economic development needs and goals.
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To RSVP Email: Yolanda@apc.org or research@fxi.org.za by 27 April, 2015