WELLINGTON (Joy Liddicoat for IRHR) -
It’s been a year of increasing debates about theinternet and human
rights among governments in the UN. Read this account of the main
developments since 2011 and the challenges ahead. More
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JOHANNESBURG (Alan Finlay for
APCNews) “The main issues that should be focused on in Argentina
today are freedom of expression, access to
information and free circulation of culture,” says
Nodo TAU in an interview related to a forthcoming report they
wrote for the Global Information Society Watch. More
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JOHANNESBURG (Alan Finlay for APCNews)
– “The media in Pakistan has been tardy to address threats
to internet freedom. This has especially been the case with
the Urdu media. There is little to no coverage of internet
rights violations and bans imposed by thegovernment of
Pakistan on the electronic media,” says Bytes for All in an interview
related to a forthcoming report the group wrote for the Global
Information Society Watch. More
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DETROIT (LC for APCNews ) – APCNews
speaks to Jamie McClellan, director of member organisation May
First/People Link about the political importance of using free and open
sourse software. More
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MONTREAL (FD for APCNews) - During
three days at the end of September, the Colombian capital Bogota was
host to the Latin American and the Caribbean fifth preparatory meeting
for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). A tale from the Latin American
and Caribbean preparatory meeting to the Internet Governance Forum. More
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