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APC welcomes the passing of the Swedish resolution to investigate human rights on the internet

By APC for APCNews

NAIROBI, Kenya, 30 September 2011

The Swedish proposal to establish an expert panel on human rights and the internet passes by consensus at the Human Rights Council. APC welcomes this as a crucial step to having internet rights be the theme of the 2012 IGF.

Full article at http://www.apc.org/en/press/governance/it039s-time-human-rights-be-centre-internet-govern

(END/2011)

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