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NEWSROOM

Campaña Continental por los Derechos de la Comunicación: Boletín Informativo
Presentación de la Campaña Continental por los Derechos a la Comunicación (Nestor Busso - Argentina)
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/940

Carta de Guadalajara: Por el fortalecimiento del espacio audiovisual latinoamericano y sus capacidades para la producción local de contenidos creativos:
Nosotras y nosotros, participantes en el Encuentro Internacional El Espacio Audiovisual Latinoamericano: Buenas Ideas y Mejores Prácticas para Promover la Producción y Difusión de Contendidos Locales, organizado por la UNESCO y la Universidad de Guadalajara a través de su Centro Universitario de la Ciénega (CUCIÉNEGA), después de profundizar en el análisis y estudio de algunos de los distintos problemas, experiencias, factores políticos, económicos, profesionales y tecnológicos que de una u otra manera inciden en el actual espacio audiovisual latinoamericano, en particular la producción y distribución de las producciones de audio y video en radio, televisión, cine, Internet y otras formas de difusión de productos audiovisuales así como sus debilidades y fortalezas, hemos elaborado, discutido y aprobado el presente documento.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/939

Gender in and through the media
Gender justice is an urgent concern. Millions of women throughout the world are deprived of their fundamental human rights for no other reason than that they are female.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/936

Information supplied by Yahoo! helped journalist Shi Tao get 10 years in prison
The text of the verdict in the case of journalist Shi Tao - sentenced in April to 10 years in prison for "divulging state secrets abroad" - shows that Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. provided China's state security authorities with details that helped to identify and convict him, Reporters Without Borders said today.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/932

More updates on Supinya
The Supinya weblog has been updated with many new articles on the progress of the case. The WACC-led petition has been a great success.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/931

NEWSROOM/WSIS

IRAN: Regional Civil Society Forum on the Information Society for the Middle East and West Asia unexpectedly banned by government authorities
25th August
Iranian authorities this week banned a regional civil society forum in
Iran, grouping 40 Iranian and international delegates to talk about the
Internet and information society a few hours before the start of the event.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/938

WSIS Tunis: List of parrallel events now online: confirmation needed by 30th September
The list of parallel events to have made it on the WSIS programme are now online. You are required to confirm your events by 30th September 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/937

Beyond WSIS - Is there any hope for a Global IS Forum?
"WSIS didn't do much, and it aims not to leave any permanent structure to take up emerging IS issues" says IT for Change in a latest position paper in the run up to prepcom 3.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/933

NEWSROOM/WSIS/TUNIS AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS

JOINT ACTION: NGOs protest deterioration of rights in Tunisia two months ahead of WSIS
IFEX
TUNIS, Sept 9, 2005 - International and Tunisian non-governmental organisations express their outrage at the rapid deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia just two months prior to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis, November 15-18, 2005. After prohibiting the founding congress of the Tunisian Journalists' Union (SJT) on September 7, authorities prevented the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) from holding its 6th Congress, scheduled to begin today.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/941

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

FECHA LIMITE!!!: Concurso de cine de corto metraje "THOUGHT THIEVE$" (CRIMINALE$ del CONOCIMIENTO)
CRIMINALE$ del CONOCIMIENTO es un concurso de cine de corto metraje que trata de la apropriación de nuestras culturas, tradiciones, creatividad y conocimiento tradicional por las grandes empresas. Es una respuesta desde abajo a la propaganda de Micro$oft del mismo nombre.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/921

DEADLINE!!!!: THOUGHT THIEVE$ short film showcase
THOUGHT THIEVE$ is a short film showcase about corporate appropriation of knowledge, culture, and creativity. It is a grassroots response to the Micro$oft propaganda competition of the same name.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/920

Nominations wanted for best Freedom of Expression Blog
Bloggers and other Internet users are invited to submit nominations for the Special Reporters Without Borders Award honouring the blog that best promotes freedom of expression and information.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/934

UNESCO Seeks Nominations for World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCO invites organisations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to submit nominations for the 2006 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/935

SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
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 la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
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
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