37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study
We associate ourselves with the response of ARTICLE 19, which says it welcomes the adoption by consensus of the resolution on Internet and Human Rights by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), with the support of more than 80 co-sponsoring states. [if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE According to IFEX, the global network defending and promoting free expression, the resolution reaffirms that the human rights people enjoy offline, also apply online, including the right to freedom of expression. IFEX added:
“Around the globe, the Internet is the front line in the contest for civic space,” said Thomas Hughes, executive director of ARTICLE 19.
“The Human Rights Council’s adoption of this resolution by consensus will be critical in our battle to secure Internet freedoms, including freedom of expression, association, assembly and privacy, where they are most at risk”, Hughes added.
Brazil, Nigeria, Sweden, Turkey, Tunisia and the United States of America formed the core-group that led the drafting of the text. A total of 82 UN states supported the text at its adoption.
[Source: allafrica.com, 7 JULY 2014]
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