hi, thanks for the effort you are hav ebeen makig for Reporters without Borders, fo ra good job in the internet community, keep it up an densure that u try to knowe members before you addmitt them . thanks
On 7/20/05, Deborah Elizabeth Finn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (A version of this item - with live links - is also available at > <http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/7/20/1050951.html>.) > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > On Tuesday, I attended a fascinating presentation by Julien Pain, who > staffs the Internet Freedom Desk of Reporters Without Borders. The > latter is an international nonprofit/ngo that defends freedom of the > press. > > Reporters Without Borders (also known as RSF or Reporters sans > frontières) is concerned about cyber-dissidents - individuals who are > imprisoned or subjected to other sanctions when they go online to > write about political and social issues. Many of them are not > professional journalists; they are bloggers engaged in citizen > journalism, which is a high-risk activity in some countries. (Global > Voices Online is of course a wonderful aggregation of such blogs.) > > During Julien's presentation, we heard about RSF's new "Guide for > Bloggers," which offers practical advice on anonymous publication and > on bypassing censorship. He also spoke about a sponsorship program > that enables individuals or groups to make a commitment to raise > awareness about a specific cyber-dissident who is in prison. > (Unfortunately, I was unable to find direct links on the RSF web site > to either the new guide or the sponsorship program.) > > It seems to me that RSF in is a nonprofit organization that is > upholding a kind of freedom of the press that is increasingly > important not only to individuals but to other nonprofit > organizations. One of my questions for Julien was whether he could put > out a bit of HTML code that would make it quick and easy for folks in > the nonprofit sector to create a banner on their own web sites or > blogs that could call attention to RSF's work on behalf of > cyber-dissidents. What I had in mind was something that would rotate > a gallery of portraits of perhaps half a dozen jailed cyber-dissidents > (selected by RSF), and that would lead the reader to the page on the > RSF site where he or she could sign up as a sponsor. > > Julien thought that this was not quite in keeping with RSF's current > strategy, but was very polite about the onslaught of free advice that > he was receiving from this altruistic busybody. I'm looking forward > to seeing what direction RSF does in fact take! > > Best regards from Deborah > > Deborah Elizabeth Finn > Boston, Massachusetts, USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog > http://public.xdi.org/=deborah.elizabeth.finn > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > -- CHIBUZO GOVERNOR NWACHUKWU PROGRAMME CO ORDINATOR ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Adnet PORT HARCOURT. +234803 670 5400. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] 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.
