>Subject: Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [August 8th 2005]
>Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:38:59 +0100
>From: "Myriam Horngren" <mh@wacc.org.uk>
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>The CRIS Campaign needs you! The team has set up
>an online survey and we are looking forward to
>your input about the work of CRIS so far. La
>campaña CRIS necesita sus comentarios. El equipo
>ha instalado una encuesta en línea y esperamos
>con mucho gusto su participación y opiniones
>sobre el trabajo de CRIS en los últimos años.
>English: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=276541251574
>Español: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=162671256993
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>NEWSROOM
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>The Chavez TV Debate/ El Debate Chavez TV
>
>Despues de la publicacion de un articulo del
>Guardian (Reino Unido) sobre el nuevo canal de
>television latino Telesur
>(
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1535981,00.html
>) los mimebros de CRIS han estado debatiendo
>sobre las oportunidades y los riesgos que
>presenta esta nueva iniciativa. Aqui tenemos en
>Ingles y Español una discusion entre Bruce
>Girard y Antonio Pasquali, ambos defensores de
>los derechos a la comunicacion. (available in English and Spanish).
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/918
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>Are UNESCO and WIPO connected on the Development Agenda?
>Whilst for some the current draft text of the
>UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity (see:
>www.mediatrademonitor.org) is a positive step
>forward in North-South negociations, it seems
>that the progress under the WIPO banners and the
>development agenda has stalled. What will it
>mean for developing countries? What actions
>should they take to ensure that a more balanced
>agreement be struck, as has been the case with the UNESCO process so far?
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/917
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>Media suppression in Belarus
>A message on the crisinfo list caught our eye.
>It said: " The situation in Belarus is not one
>we hear much about. I am posting this as a
>sample of the ongoing suppression of media by
>the government. It is a realtively low level
>process of attrition - arrests on trumped up
>charges, making life difficult in lots of little
>ways. I have been there recently and have seen
>how hard they are struggling just to keep up
>their work." (Sean O'Siochru, crisinfo, 5th August 2005)
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/916
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>NEWSROOM/WSIS
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>Women, Gender and Media
>Jac SM Kee
>When I was a trainer at a media and gender
>workshop in 2002, the only male participant
>there confessed, "Our organisation is not
>prioritising gender actually. We are more
>concerned about other issues - issues which are
>political". This statement reveals much about
>the stand that most media institutions take on gender.
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/919
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>GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION
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>Campaña de Solidaridad con Nepal
>27 de julio de 2005
>La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias
>(AMARC) ha inicidado una campaña de solidaridad
>para apoyar la libertad de expresión y el
>derecho a la comunicación de las radios FM y comunitarias de Nepal.
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/915
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>EDRI launches petition against data retention
>European Digital Rights, together with the Dutch
>ISPs XS4ALL and Bit, launched an international
>petition today against mandatory data retention.
>The petition is aimed at the European Commission
>and the members of the European Parliament.
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/913
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>
>SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE
>
>CRIS CHARTER
>La Carta de CRIS
>http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/
>
>
>Myriam Horngren
>WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
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