Nice discussion folks. I would also like to recall RIPE position on allocating 
internet resources to "Donetsk republic" or to "Russian-Crimean ISPs" - also 
purely technical decision, not political.

It is true that RIRs are not tasked with human rights. It is also true that 
removing resources from allocation based on government actions would penalize 
ISPs in the country and not the government - and most likely smaller ISPs, as 
larger ones (multi-national) can just go ahead and reallocate to their branch 
in a "good" country. So result would be to make people in affected country to 
have less choice. 

Also, removing resources from RIR database does not make them unused. Any ISP 
can continue to announce prefixes affected and most likely its peers would 
continue to accept them. As we are now in last /8 phase worldwide (subject to 
local rules) it means that taking away large block from ISPs, even temporarily 
would mean cutting them off from future allocations of, say, /16 they need.

Compare with recent result of Venezuela educational institution unable to pay 
their RIR fees for addresses they used - they weren't reallocated, but rather 
"special case" was made and ultimately they paid back.

Giving RIRs effective power to penalize governments for humanitarian abuses 
would force them to become political actors. As typical RIR doesn't have an 
army or a navy it's hard to defend itself as political power ultimately rests 
on ability to kill at will and en masse, and take over land (I am stretching a 
bit? See: West Sahara. Also: Sinai peninsula.)

Government abuses should be treated same as hurricanes and earthquakes: force 
majeure. It's not fault of people who suffer.

And what would be the end result of forcefully de-allocating addresses?

In case of regular allocation policy, it would result in them lost to new 
applicants. In case of last-/8 policy, it would be useless (number of active 
LIRs in AfriNIC is small to give everybody their /22 and more.)

This being said, I would support taking back resources for non-use (reclaiming 
"dark internet".) It's very hard to quantify and measure (how do you know that 
IP space isn't used anyway?); and that's not done.

> On 12 квіт. 2017 р., at 14:28, Dmitry Burkov <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Please , reread Article of Assotiation - we are not in operator's bussiness - 
> no more comments.
> 
> Before write a word - please, think do not harm.
> 
> 
> Sincerely 
> Dima
> 
>> On 4/12/17 10:04 AM, Volodymyr Litovka wrote:
>> Dmitry,
>> 
>> your position on this topic is clear. Since government of Russia, actually, 
>> is closest to such "shutdown" scenario, you will not support sanctions for 
>> this.
>> 
>> But this proposal is about how to deal with attacks. There are, actually, 
>> three choices: ignore, be deeply concerned and penalize. Last years from 
>> real world's life shown what happen if 1st and 2nd options were chosen.
>> 
>> In the case we're discussing now, if RIRs think that somebody violates human 
>> rights (even if local government don't think so) or attacks Internet in any 
>> other way, RIRs need to actively react on this. Actually, we all need to 
>> defend this territory as much as we can and there is no place for inactivity 
>> and passive observation.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>>> On 4/12/17 1:31 AM, Dmitry Burkov wrote:
>>> We need to stay absolutely neutral and leave politics to others 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 4/11/17 10:47 PM, Sergey Myasoedov wrote: 
>>>> Один из авторов прокомментировал так: This proposal opens a very 
>>>> interesting debate about the neutrality stance in the face of what I 
>>>> consider human rights abuses. 
>>>> Should the RIR's stand neutral while it happens, or should they stand and 
>>>> fight for the rights of the users and the members. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 11 Apr 2017, at 21:30, Tigran Zakoyan <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Вообще-то, это не против стран и даже не против государств, это против 
>>>>> конкретных правительств. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> вт, 11 Апр 2017 г., 22:20 Dmitry Burkov <[email protected]>: 
>>>>> Группа сумасшедших решила вводить санкции против стран - good luck - 
>>>>> очень плохая идея и то - что 
>>>>> 
>>>>> я не принимаю - провокация в стиле попа Гапона ( это не к Сереже) 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 4/11/17 10:00 PM, Sergey Myasoedov wrote: 
>>>>>> Всем привет! 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> В AfriNIC сегодня внесли предложение по изменению правил. Необычное. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-anti-shutdown-01
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 13.1 In the event of an internet shutdown performed at the order of a 
>>>>>> government that is either total or partial: 
>>>>>>    For a period of 12 months following the end of the shutdown – AFRINIC 
>>>>>> will allocate no resources to the government of the country 
>>>>>>    This also applies to all government owned entities and entities that 
>>>>>> have direct provable relationships with said government. 
>>>>>>    In the event of a transfer policy existing, AFRINIC shall not assist 
>>>>>> or participate in any transfers to any of the entities above. 
>>>>>>    All sub-allocations of space within said country involving the 
>>>>>> referred to entities shall equally cease for a period of 12 months. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 13.2 In the event of a government performing 3 or more such shutdowns in 
>>>>>> a period of 10 years – all resources to the aforementioned 
>>>>>> entities shall be revoked and no allocations to said entities shall 
>>>>>> occur for a period of 5 years. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ждем реакции сообщества. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Kind regards, 
>>>>>> Sergey Myasoedov 
>>>>>> 
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