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Hudson to Host Capitol Hill Conference on 'Tearing Down the Walls of Internet Censorship'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Google and the web community struggle to deal with the rising tide of international Internet censorship, a coalition of pro-democracy leaders are calling for a serious U.S. commitment to dismantle the Internet firewalls of the world's closed societies. They ask: Was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's January 21st speech on the subject an exercise in political rhetoric or a serious call for action?
The concerns of the pro-democracy groups will be addressed in letters to Secretary Clinton, to be released at the event, urging the Department of State to provide immediate support for the anti-firewall systems of the Global Internet Freedom Consortium ["GIF"] with monies presently appropriated to the Department; or offer a full explanation of why, in its view, the GIF systems will not work.
When: | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | |
10:00 AM | ||
Who: | Michael Horowitz, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow | |
Mark Palmer, former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary | ||
Mariam Memarsadeghi, Iranian human rights activist | ||
Yang Jianli, founder of Initiatives for China | ||
Where: | Room 1629 Longworth House Office Building | |
RSVP: | ||
Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: | |
Grace Terzian, 202-974-2417 | |
James Bologna, 202-974-6456 | |
SOURCE Hudson Institute
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