From the <http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/795.htm> page refered to by Daniel Boos in the email below, you can also download <http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/Letter-Geiger_Complaint.rtf>, i.e. the complaint letter sent by comunica-ch (Swiss platform for the information society <http://www.comunica-ch.net>) to Mr Charles Geiger, executive director of the Secretariate for the WSIS, about the irruption of Mr Moncef Achour into a private meeting of members of Tunisian human rights organisations and of comunica-ch.
Of course, a Tunisian member of the secretariate for the WSIS irrupting in a private meeting during a Geneva prepcom for WSIS, claiming to be a member of the "UN police", is not very grave compared to judges, journalists and internet users being jailed and at times tortured in Tunisia. Nevertheless, the incident is telling of an arrogant confidance that by now, "les jeux sont faits" and WSIS will indeed take place in Tunisia, violations of human rights notwithstanding. Claude -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Growing Concerns about Summit Host Country Tunisia Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:54:27 +0200 From: Daniel Boos Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [wsisforum] On Worldsummit2005.org: -- Growing Concerns about Summit Host Country Tunisia Civil Society Groups and Governments React 28 September 2005. The summit host country Tunisia has not tried to improve its human rights record, and the Tunisian authorities are actively obstructing the work of civil society groups – even in Geneva. Western governments are currently preparing a strong reaction, and independent activists are thinking about not going to the sumit at all. The Tunisian authoritarian regime under President Ben Ali has long been criticised for its infringements on freedom of speech, the harrassment of independent groups, and Internet censorship. Some observers, as well as civil society groups active in the WSIS, had hoped that growing international pressure and the spotlight around the summit would improve the situation. This is not the case – quite to the contrary. http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/795.htm -- There is even a video of the incident: http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/Moncef_Achour_prepcom3.AVI Daniel comunica-ch - plateforme suisse pour la société de l'information -- Claude Almansi claude.almansi_at_bluewin.ch Castione, Switzerland http://www.adisi.ch http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Claude http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/claude http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/languages _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
