Hi Toni, Just to be sure: is this also the text that you want me to paste into: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Comments_on_the_Rebranding_Strategy ? Frans
*Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op wo 13 nov. 2019 om 10:55 schreef Toni Hermoso Pulido < [email protected]>: > FYI > > > > https://www.wikimedia.cat/2019/11/13/statement-about-the-spanish-new-royal-decree-law-of-public-security/ > -- > > Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security > > On November 5th, The Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Royal > Decree-Law 14/2019 > (https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/11/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-15790.pdf), which > was passed on October 31st, whereby the General State Administration > reserves the right to suspend, exceptionally and precautionary, the > transmission of data and the connection to Internet claiming reasons of > public order. > > According to Chapter IV, modification of the Law 9/2014 of General > Telecommunications, the State reserves the right to take over any types > of infrastructure, network, service or digital resource that may affect > public security within the framework of national defense. The power of > immediate action is granted to the Government of Spain for the closure > of websites and other services through the Ministry of Economy and > Business, as well as the control and operation of all networks during > transitory periods described as exceptional. No prior judicial > requirement is needed. > > From Amical Wikimedia we hereby express our profound disagreement with > this new decree and our growing concern for the restriction of digital > rights in Spanish territory. First of all, the lack of debate on this > law in Parliament, its approval under a caretaker government, during the > electoral campaign and under the formula of a royal decree-law > represents a drastic regression of the freedom to information in key > moments. Secondly, vaguely defined concepts such as “national security,” > “public order,” “transitional period,” or “exceptional situation” allow > for indiscriminate action based on political interests for the > repression of ideological dissent. > > Thirdly, we are concerned that the preamble of this law contextualizes > and aims to justify the adopted measures for the ongoing socio-political > mobilizations in different areas of the Spanish territory. Amical > Wikimedia, in this regard, has previously declared itself in favor of > the organization of actions that defend basic civil rights and the > freedom of expression throughout all the Catalan-speaking areas. The > abovementioned decree seriously violates the freedom of information, > which should be open and accessible to the public as is the case of > Wikipedia and its sister projects. Article 19 of the Universal > Declaration of Human Rights upholds that “Everyone has the right to > freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold > opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart > information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. > > There are recent precedents of digital censorship which have had very > serious social impact. In February 2014, the Turkish parliament passed > the Law No. 5651, granting new powers to the state telecommunications > authority regarding Internet regulation. A few years later, on April > 2017 and making use of this law, access to all idiomatic versions of > Wikipedia were blocked based on Turkish Government claims of > state-funded terrorism on the English Wikipedia. > > For all these reasons, Amical Wikimedia reaffirms its rejection of this > decree-law and demands its immediate withdrawal. Our organisation stands > unequivocally in favor of digital freedom and the human rights of > expression, peaceful assembly, and access to information. > > -- > Toni Hermoso Pulido > > Amical Wikimedia > ------------------------- > https://www.wikimedia.cat > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
