OTTAWA (GJ for APCNews) - The new edition of Global Information Society
Watch 2011 focuses on internet rights and democracy. It features
stories from almost 60 countries including on internet in prisons in
Argentina and the role of social media during the Arab uprisings. GISW
2011 is out in December but you can read some chapters now online.
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MONTEVIDEO
(AF for APCNews) Laws on climate change and waste management in Costa
Rica have existed since 2009. However, despite appearing on paper,
there has been little progress in putting them into practice. If the
situation does not change, the country will not become carbon neutral
by 2021.
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OTTAWA (GJ
for APCNews) -- The human rights records of forty-eight countries
are under review this year as part of the Universal Periodic Review
process. APC's Joy Liddicoat and Henrik Almstrom explain the
significance of the UPR and how APC is working for it to protect rights
online. More>
WELLINGTON
(APC for APCNews) - APC is proud to announce that Joy Liddicoat
has just been elected for a two-year term to the Generic Names
Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council. This council is one of the key
venues through which civil society can voice its opinions and
effect internet governance policy. More>
BUENOS
AIRES (Dafne Sabanes Plou for APCNews) -- Followers turned to
Twitter to receive words of guidance from the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Chief Rabbi and Muslim leaders during the London riots in
August. APC’s Dafne Plou was in Qatar to follow how today’s
religious progressives are using social networking to spread
their messages. More>
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