http://www.apc.org/en/news/%252F18%2C30 News listing en http://www.apc.org/en/news/hr/africa/tunisia-calm-now-storm-gone <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">NAIROBI, KENYA</span> (Rikke Frank Jorgensen for APCNews) - <p>In Nairobi, where the World Social Forum 2007 was taking place, human-rights advocate Rikke Frank Jorgensen files a story about Tunisia&#8217;s current human rights standing. “The situation has gotten worse and worse, since the Summit. I think we are being punished for <span class="caps"><a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/956"><acronym title="World Summit on the Information Society : The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a major international conference on information and communication technologies (ICTs) organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in two stages: Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. The summit process lasted for four years overall (2001 to 2005) and included a series of regional preparatory meetings – with all sectors represented – and global preparatory commissions led by governments. It produced four documents setting out aspirations for the information society (the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action from Geneva and the Tunis Commitment and Tunis Agenda). APC was active in WSIS and supported the interventions of civil society organisations in the summit process, making a material difference to the outcomes of WSIS by enriching the debate thanks to civil society’s specific expertise and experience in ICTs. Style information: When using the acronym, do not use the definite article, i.e. write &quot;at WSIS&quot; rather than &quot;at the WSIS&quot;. Source: APC ICT Policy Handbook and APC Annual Report 2005.">WSIS</acronym></a></span>. It’s hardly possible for us to work anymore. A large number of sites are being blocked, <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/289"><acronym title="email: Email, short for electronic mail, is a method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems such as the internet. The word &quot;email&quot; can be used as either a noun or a verb. Style information: Do not use e-mail with a hyphen. Source: Wikipedia">email</acronym></a> is not working, phones are cut off, NGOs are harassed, and meetings are prevented from taking place. How can you work under these circumstances?” asks the interviewed Souhayr Belhassen.</p> </div> Human rights & ICTs Africa Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:00:00 +0000 webmaster 1103 at http://www.apc.org