GV’s Advocacy Director at AI-Observer-Irrepressible.info’s June 6 meeting

GV's Advocacy Director at AI-Observer-Irrepressible.info's June 6 meeting

Posted 12 June 2007 13:56 GMT

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Español	· El Director de Defensoría de GV en el encuentro del 6 de junio de AI-Observer-Irrepressible.Info
Português	· Diretor de Advocacia do Global Voices no encontro do AI-Observer-Irrepressible.info em 6 de Junho.

On June 6, 2007, Global Voices' Advocacy Director Sami Ben Gharbia appeared at an event in London marking the one-year anniversary of the Amnesty International-Observer-Irrepressible.info campaign. The video above is of Sami's address. Global Voices' co-founder Ethan Zuckerman also participated remotely — a video and transcript of Ethan's contribution are available at this page.The webcast of the full proceedings is archived here, and Kevin Anderson offers an overview of the event at the Corante weblog.

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It was great to meet you in London Sami!

# 12 June 2007, 15:15 pm

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Thanks Ben, it was great for me too.

# 12 June 2007, 21:20 pm

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