[Tlc] internet freedom in Thailand

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded by an anonymous member:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--2 January 2007


HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO INVESTIGATE INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN THAILAND


Dr. Bonnie Docherty, a clinical instructor in Harvard University's
Human Rights Program is leading a team of researchers to
Thailand in
early January.

In conjunction with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and
Society
and its OpenNet Initiative project, the team will be investigating
free expression in Thailand.

They will be examining the current Web-blocking and filtering
done by
several Thai government bodies, notably, the Royal Thai
Police, the
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the
Communications Authority of Thailand.

The team will also be investigating how the status of the Internet
relates to free expression in Thailand and using this
information in
the greater context of human rights.

As all Internet censorship in Thailand is done in absolute
secrecy, we
are eagerly awaiting the Thai government's responce to
international
scrutiny from such a prestigious university as Harvard which
numbers
Thai Royals among its alumni.

The Harvard team will be interviewing NGOs, journalists, lawyers,
academics and other experts.

Freedom Against Censorship Thailand will organise a public
forum to
discuss this issue regarding human rights to free
communication in a
democratic society.

The world is watching...


FREEDOM AGAINST CENSORSHIP THAILAND (FACT)

NO COMPROMISE!  NO CENSORSHIP!

ติดต่อ
CJ Hinke (<facthai at gmail.com>)  โทร 087-976-1880    (English)
Supinya Klangnarong (<freemediafreepeople at gmail.com>) โทร
086-788-9322 (ภาษาไทย)

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu