[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Special CRIS Campaign Digest 10-13-04]

[alejandra davidziuk]

[Special CRIS Campaign Digest to support Indymedia and
to promote the European Forum of Communication Rights
(EFCR)] 


WHO TOOK AHIMSA EXACTLY: FBI IN THE UK? UK COPS? 
It is not clear who exactly took what. It appears as
though the hard drives at least have been taken from
Ahimsa. The server is located at the UK collocation
facility of Rackspace. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/457/

INDYMEDIA UPDATE (PORTUGUÉS)
Começam a reunir-se provas de que as autoridades de
pelo menos quatro países (Suíça, Itália, Reino Unido e
EUA) estão envolvidas na apreensão de dois servidores
da Indymedia na semana passada, que tiveram por
resultado "mandar abaixo" mais de 20 sites da
Indymedia e diversos streams de rádio. A Indymedia
está ainda para receber alguma resposta oficial acerca
do conteúdo e o porquê desta acção do FBI. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/452/

INDYMEDIA UPDATE 
Evidence is beginning to mount that the authorities of
at least four countries (Switzerland, Italy, U.K. and
U.S.A.) are involved in last week's seizure of two of
Indymedia's servers that brought down more than 20 of
the Indymedia network's web sites and several internet
radio streams. Indymedia has yet to receive any
official statement or information about what the order
entailed or why it was issued. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/451/

ITALIA Y SUIZA PIDIERON LA CONFISCACIÓN DE LOS
SERVIDORES DE INDYMEDIA 
El 8 de octubre de 2004, Indymedia supo que la
petición de requisar los servidores de Indymedia
alojados por una compañía estadounidense en el Reino
Unido fue realizada por agencias gubernamentales de
Italia y Suiza. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/456/

APC CONDEMNS “ARBITRARY” SEIZURE OF INDYMEDIA WEB
SERVERS BY US AND EUROPEAN LAW ENFORCERS
APC condemns the actions by US and European law
enforcement agencies to seize independent online news
service Indymedia’s web servers closing down over 21
of the more than 140 Indymedia web sites worldwide.
“We are disturbed by the apparently arbitrary and
extreme measures taken to silence an independent
internet-based source of information,” said Anriette
Esterhuysen, APC’s Executive Director. “This is a
violation of freedom of expression across
international frontiers.” 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/454/

ITALY AND SWITZERLAND REQUESTED INDYMEDIA'S SERVER
SEIZURE
[Press Release 08 October 2004] Today, October 8,
2004, Indymedia has learned that the request to seize
Indymedia servers hosted by a US company in the UK
originated from government agencies in Italy and
Switzerland. More than 20 Indymedia sites, several
internet radio streams and other projects were hosted
on the servers. They were taken offline on October 7th
after an order was issued to Rackspace, Inc., one of
Indymedia's web hosting providers. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/450/

NETWORKING COMMUNICATION RIGHTS IN THE EU 
As a result of the EU section verification workshop of
the Global Governance and Communication Rights Project
(GGP) that the CRIS Campaign has launched in January,
2004, a special workshop will be held on October 15th
in London during the European Forum on Communication
Rights.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/448/

LE RÉSEAU MÉDIAS, CULTURE ET COMMUNICATION 
L'EFCR (Forum Européen sur les Droits de la
Communication) sera le premier de quatre jours de
débat, de collaboration et d'échanges et de
réalisation de médias qui se dérouleront au Centre
Camden, près de King Cross, dans l'un des deux lieux
centraux du Forum Social Européen.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/422/

CUATRO DIAS DEDICADOS A LOS DERECHOS A LA COMUNICACIÓN
Y PRODUCCIÓN DE MEDIOS 
La Red por una cultura de los medios y los derechos de
comunicación (MCCRN) presenta una jornada especial
sobre los Derechos a la Comunicación y a la Producción
Estratégica de Medios que tendrá lugar el jueves 14 de
octubre próximo en Londres, Inglaterra, en el marco
del Foro Social Europeo. A continuación, le ofrecemos
un programa con todas las actividades programadas. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/421/

FOUR DAYS OF COMMUNICATIONS RIGHTS AND TACTICAL MEDIA
PRODUCTION 
Media Culture and Communications Rights Network
(MCCRN) presents the workshop Four Days of
Communications Rights and Tactical Media Production
that will be held on Thursday October 14, 2004 in
London, during the European Social Forum. Here you
have the programme for the event.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/420/

EUROPEAN FORUM OF COMMUNICATION RIGHTS (EFCR) 
This event will take place the day before the start of
the European Social Forum to be held in London, UK,
14-17 October 2004, and tackles one of the most
important questions: how to bring together those
working at different levels on communication rights -
from grass roots activists working on practical
projects and street level campaigns, to those engaged
in lobbying and advocacy, to researchers and
academics. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/414/

FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS 
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/

LA CHARTE DE CRIS 
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

THE CRIS CHARTER 
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/