I was just one of a group of Amnesty International activists who joined around 500 members of Sydney’s Iranian community for a candlelight vigil on Sunday evening.
Despite heavy rain we continued our show of solidarity, remembering those who have died fighting for freedom in Iran, calling for respect for the rights of the Iranian people and an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators.
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I’ve been interning at Amnesty International Australia for just under a month now, and seem to be making some great progress.
Online activism and campaigning are two key areas of interest for me so it’s been great being in the thick of it.
We’re coming up to International Women’s Day and a test of our first active pursuit of active online supporters. Hopefully we’ll have engaged a fair few!
In the meantime check out how to engage with Amnesty International Australian or AIA NSW online.
Dear Senator Conroy,
In response to your four page Internet Filtering letter mailed in reply to my email last year, I would like to reiterate my concern at the time and money being spent on a project which appears to be ignoring several key issues.
To begin you’ve fail to recognise that filtering and censorship are one and the same. I do support your commitment to increased law enforcement, prosecution, education, resources and research however the technical implications, cost and ineffectiveness of filtering continue to see my strong opposition to this idea.
Whilst I agree with many of the concerns behind your policy, the need and viability for a government imposed compulsory internet censoring system is where this agreement ends. Continue reading
A letter to Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for censoring Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Is the minister aware of the censorship and inadvertantly restrictive effect of the British model so called “Clean Feed” earlier this week?
95% of British internet users were prevented from excercising free speach in editing Wikipedia because of one organisations decision that an image (a CD cover which incidently is available on other sites such as Amazon and can be purchased) was inappropriate.