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Bloggers intimidated as wave of environmental protests hits Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria,
-- The Bulgarian police has called in bloggers and pressured them to stop writing about the recent wave of environmental protests that has swept across the country in the recent weeks. While the issue is hot in Bulgaria and broadly covered by the Bulgarian press, APC's member in Bulgaria (BlueLink) believes this deserves to go global. - 08/01/2007
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BETINHO PRIZE SPECIAL: Communication technologies, weapons against war in Colombia
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
-- In the midst of an armed conflict, organising an audiovisual communication workshop for youth does not tend to be a priority for groups working in the area. Nevertheless, for the International Peace Observatory (IPO), a Colombian organisation that was a finalist for the Betinho prize in 2005, it is essential that small farmer communities - who are the first victims of the war - be able to tell their stories. APCNews spoke to Laura Lorenzi, president of the IPO, about how new technologies can become arms in the struggle against the war. - 10/09/2006
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Rits.lac: Civil society, a step towards regional integration
TOULOUSE, France,
-- Latin America is undergoing a historic process of regional integration. In the meantime, what is going on with civil society? The joint working experiences between social movements from different Latin American countries are rich and have a long common history. The synergy is far from running dry: regional integration initiatives are on the rise and being consolidated. Rits.lac, a new project from Brazilian APC member, RITS, is following this exact tendency. - 06/05/2006
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Is it possible to control international financial institutions through the internet?
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
-- The annual coordination meeting of IFIwatchnet took place March 7th-9th in Montevideo, Uruguay. The meeting was organised by the project’s current coordinator, APC member, ITeM (Third World Institute). The members of the executive committee and regional outreach coordinators participated in this encounter. - 03/31/2006
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Global media monitoring: Women in the news
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
-- Does it make sense to monitor information about women that is published or transmitted through by the media? Is the image that media construct of women important? In what way does it influence our social imaginary for women to almost always appear in the news as victims and rarely as experts on subjects of political, social and economic relevance? The WACC made the results of its media monitoring known on February 16th, 2006 and thus launched three action weeks to raise awareness on the treatment that women receive in the media and the information disseminated about them. - 02/20/2006
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Computer Aid gets backing from BBC in fund-raising drive
GOA, India,
-- BBC's Radio 4 has announced an appeal for cash donations to Computer Aid International (CAI). Meanwhile, this APC member is also launching a Kenya Cycle Challenge, which encourages volunteers to "cycle from the foot of Mount Kenya to the shores of Lake Victoria" in February 2006 in support of CAI's work with Kenyan secondary schools. Computer Aid is looking for participants for what it calls a "trip of a lifetime". Besides cycling for hundreds of kilometres across "one of the beautiful landscapes on earth", participants also get a chance to visit schools benefitting from the project, along the way. Details from kenyachallenge @ computeraid.org - 01/19/2006
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Abusing numbers: is Korea going just too far?
SEOUL, South Korea,
-- The Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet is currently conducting a study on the state of Korean National ID Number System. Its aim: to demo problems of Korean National ID Number System by contrasting how the same is abused in Korea, and comparing with cases of foreign countries. If you can answer some short questions by December 15, 2005, it would help the study immensely. - 12/13/2005
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Another big 'Big Brother' in Korean cyberspace: the internet real-name system
SEOUL, South Korea,
-- South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) officially announced on September 12, the that it would introduce the internet real-name system as a counter-measure against problems of cyber violence and start a legislative process regarding this system. But this move -- seen by some as a form of pre-censorship -- has brought in resistance and concern. - 11/12/2005
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Summitry and strategies: taking a close and critical look at Tunis 2005
LONDON, United Kingdom,
-- In November 2005, the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will meet for the last time in Tunis. APC's WSIS coordinator Karen Banks points out that in its five year history, the summit has failed to redress the North-South "digital divide". Consensus at WSIS has been elusive: the private and public sectors hold diametrically opposing views on issues such as market fundamentalism, free and open-source software, and intellectual property rights reform; while on issues of financing and internet governance, agreement between governments has been split along North-South lines. It remains to be seen whether civil society groups participating in the summit will be able to shift attention away from these competing interests towards human rights issues. - 10/26/2005
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Online petition calls on Thailand's Shin Corp to drop libel suit
LONDON, United Kingdom,
-- What happens when popular media takes on the political class? In Thailand, it resulted in a $10 million civil suit, and a criminal libel suit, slapped on the young lady-campaigner who leads that country's campaign for popular media reform. You can add your voice to an online campaign gaining momentum and drawing support from some prominent global campaigners. - 07/26/2005
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Take on development agenda, NGOs urge WIPO
SAN FRANCISCO, California,
-- Non-governmental organisations from across the globe have come out in support of a proposal submitted by the Group of Friends of Development (FoD) for a development agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)." Some 99 organisations (at the time of writing) have supported the demand. - 07/19/2005
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Europe says 'no' to software patents for now, campaigning CSOs glad
BUDAPEST, Hungary,
-- European parliament has reject the plan to allow software patents. This is being seen as providing a "breathing space for new initiatives based on all the knowledge gained during the last five years".
- 07/12/2005
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Europe's software patents threatens free speech in an information society
HUNGARY,
-- By a (legal) sleight of hand, the European Parliament 2003 vote against software patents has been effectively overturned, allowing monopoly control over the critical tools of an 'information society'. This threatens both the free and unhindered access to information, and even free speech. - 06/30/2005
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ALERT: Bulgarian government ignores impact assessment in rush to build nuclear power plant
SOFIA, Bulgaria,
-- Bulgarian environmental organisations have formed a coalition protesting the planned construction of a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. “The government has already announced that the decision for constructing the plant is made despite the fact that the public hearings and an environmental impact assessment have not been finished,” says a representative of the coalition coordinator, APC member, BlueLink. “We ask governments and civil society groups to contact the Bulgarian government questioning the project.” Campaign volunteers can write to beleNE@bluelink.net or visit the campaign site. - 08/31/2004
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