[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [May 9, 2005]

[Myriam Horngren]

NEWSROOM

Italian prosecutor demands: Take down Indymedia Italy
>From EDRI-gram.
The public prosecutor's office of Rome has requested the relevant judicial authorities to allow the seizure of Indymedia Italy's website, on the ground of violation of the Italian penal law on 'vilipendio della religione cattolica' ('insult to the catholic religion') and 'vilipendio della figura del Papa' ('insult to the Pope's figure').
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/848 

El duopolio impide la libertad de expresión
Armando Ramirez (Púlsar-México)
04/05/2005
El duopolio de la televisión mexicana, amenaza la libertad de expresión. Los representantes del Partido Acción Nacional del Senado acordarían nueva Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/847

AMARC Conmemora el Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa
Montreal, 3 de mayo de 2005 - La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC), junto con medios y organizaciones internacionales defensores de la libertad de expresión, conmemora hoy el Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa. Con tal ocasión, AMARC anuncia hoy el establecimiento de un observatorio internacional de medios cuya función es la de monitorear el desarrollo de los medios comunitarios a nivel mundial.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/846

Who Kills Journalists and Why?
Brussels, 3 May - The International News Safety Institute today formally launched a global inquiry into the rising death toll among journalists.
The inquiry - the first in-depth survey of its kind - aims to examine the reasons behind the killings and produce a report and recommendations for international action to reduce violence against journalists and others involved in gathering the news.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/844

Promoting Gender Equity in News Media: GMMP 2005
On 16th February 2005, women and men in 102 countries monitored the day's news on TV, radio and in newspapers as part of the third ever Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). GMMP 2005 is a grassroots media monitoring, research and advocacy project which aims to promote the fair and balanced representation of women and men in news media worldwide.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/843

HIV/AIDS Communication: Back in the Trenches?
"Communication Rights" is coming out of the WSIS speech sphere to enter the real lives of those whose rights are ignored. The simple abuse of these rights, the right to have a voice and be heard, kills them every day.
A text published by The Drum Beat (www.cominit.com) and written by Thomas Tufte from Roskilde University in Denmark, explores the connections, the dangers and the solutions.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/842


NEWSROOM/WSIS

Global Alliance for ICT Development consultation
E-mail message sent by Mavic Cabrera Balleza, IWTC.
The consultation was held on April 11, 2005 at the UN Headquarters in New York and was chaired by Mr. Sabruland Khan on behalf of the UN ICT Task Force. The consultation is part of a series of on-line and face-to-face consultations with all stakeholders including the consultation held in conjunction with the eighth meeting of the United Nations ICT Task Force in Dublin on April 13-15, 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/845



CRIS/EED South Participation Fund
The Church Development Service (EED), Germany, has generously granted funds for the facilitation of participants to CRIS related activities. The CRIS campaign is glad to inform you that it will be able to co-sponsor some delegates to events that we feel are key to the Communication Rights.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/611/

Fondos para fomentar la participación CRIS/EED 
La Iglesia Servicio al Desarrollo (en inglés "Church Development Service", cuyas siglas son EED), de Alemania, ha donado generosamente fondos para facilitar la participación a actividades relacionadas con CRIS. La Campaña de CRIS tiene el agrado de informarles que estará en condiciones de patrocinar a algunos delegados para participar en eventos que supongan ser claves para los Derechos a la Comunicación.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/612/ 

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/


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
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