<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Good idea<br>Hope our chairman has taken note<br>Remmy Nweke </div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:lists@DIGITALDISSIDENTS.ORG">Niels ten Oever</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">09/12/2015 10:58</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[NCSG-Discuss] Marrakesh & 7 human rights defenders</span><br><br></div>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA256<br><br>Dear all,<br><br>I hope this email finds you well. As you all know, the next ICANN<br>meeting will be in Marrakesh. Morrocco hasn't got a great track record<br>when it comes to human rights, and right now, seven human rights<br>defenders are on trial.<br><br>I think it would be good if we the NCSG we could give proper attention<br>to this case and invite the human rights defenders to our session(s)<br>so give them support, shed light on their case and call for the<br>protection of freedom of expression in Morrocco.<br><br>More information on the seven can be found here:<br>https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/news/these-seven-moroccan-human-ri<br>ghts-defenders-are-on-trial<br><br>and here:<br><br>https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/news/international-appeal-to-the-m<br>oroccan-authorities-to-drop-charges-against-human-rights-defenders<br><br>Am eager to hear from you how you think we could support these<br>colleagues in distress, how we could visibility for their cases and<br>how we could integrate these discussions in our work at ICANN.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Niels<br><br>- -- <br>Niels ten Oever<br>Head of Digital<br><br>Article 19<br>www.article19.org<br><br>PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4<br> 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9<br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>Version: GnuPG v2<br><br>iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWZ/q7AAoJEAi1oPJjbWjpnFkH/0qEuk++pW431ne0wYk6us+E<br>xLj4+eFfj2SZlOM9D3Pat4/+qvgrGCHZLWJXAg7pqS0TRNslDQtp1iY/8xb9Xxz/<br>EBQsu1IQ63pY2mIVwixiBnzMhVso857qf2uAv84j7n/zoQ6MhnkQCdsWWcZvdj+u<br>GakvydpqV3sQio5gRo0ijLCKGzvtSIoHW+99bmmDmSMifadf6vfRK2W0a2E+auIN<br>bn8QJQfW/5GRn62fmlCJC2JeYi80b+TBozV6GbvaGSQvgwZ886lX51DXXqI6oyNL<br>Us8F0VzI9mcQ+tT/P22BbGP8J7RJsQr1sNjgVnnwRQqGkFIbdVfjzbmE+vyPotY=<br>=fVDL<br>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br></body></html>