Abdel update
For those of you still interested in the imprisonment of Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Suleiman, look at Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders or Human Rights Watch for condemnation of the Egyptian authorities.
I was flabbergasted to learn today that Egypt has applied to the UN to host the 2009 Internet Governance Forum. Now I know the golden sands of the Red Sea and a day-trip to Giza must be tempting for those UN types, but if Cairo’s bid is successful the UN will have made a mockery of press freedom.
Democratic nations with influence in the UN must not allow this to happen.
For those of you still interested in the imprisonment of Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Suleiman, look at Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders or Human Rights Watch for condemnation of the Egyptian authorities.
I was flabbergasted to learn today that Egypt has applied to the UN to host the 2009 Internet Governance Forum. Now I know the golden sands of the Red Sea and a day-trip to Giza must be tempting for those UN types, but if Cairo’s bid is successful the UN will have made a mockery of press freedom.
Democratic nations with influence in the UN must not allow this to happen.
Labels: abdel kareem suleiman, amnesty, blogger, Cairo, human rights, internet governance forum, press freedom, UN
posted by Rob Davies at 11:23 PM
2 Comments:
Probably for this very reason, Cairo will get it - the UN is very fond of "reaching out"...
Without wishing to jump on the somewhat oversimplified 'UN bashing' bandwagon, it may not come as a suprise to the cynics amongst you to learn that Egypt were on the UN Human Rights Council last year along with equally questionable states Saudi Arabia and Russia. What makes the irony sting even deeper is the knowledge that these states were not randomally selected for the positions but elected there by their fellow General Assembly members.
Hannah
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