Some people think the internet is a bad thing

Date: Wed 6 June 2007

The struggle for freedom of expression in cyberspace  

Join Amnesty International UK and The Observer newspaper for a unique global event. We will use the internet to link activists from around the world to discuss the struggle against internet repression and to celebrate the irrepressible desire of people towards freedom of expression. 

Speakers include:

• Martha Lane Fox - lastminute.com
• Clark Boyd – BBC
• Ron Deibert – Open Net Initiative
• Sami Ben Garbia – Tunisian cyber-dissident 
• Josh Wolf – US cyber-dissident
• Morton Sklar –Yahoo! Court case 
• Shava Nerad – The TOR Project
• Yan Sham-Shackleton – glutter.org
• Markus Beckedahl – netzpolitik.org
• Kevin Anderson – The Guardian

With contributions from:

• Jimmy Wales – wikipedia 
• Richard Stallman – Free Software Movement
• Ethan Zuckerman – Global Voices (Watch a clip of Ethan Zuckerman about the human cost of internet repression)
• Dan Gillmor – Center for Citizen Media
• Yu Ling – wife of Chinese cyber-dissident
• Cory Doctorow – boing boing (Listen to Cory Doctorow talking about technology and freedom)
• … and you

Wherever you are, you will be able to  watch the debate live on the day by webcast, and ask questions, make comments and put your point, at www.amnesty.org.uk/webcast (this web address will go live on 6 June)

If you would like to attend the event in person, please use the booking form below. There are limited tickets available only.

Listen to a trailer to this event by BBC journalist Clark Boyd who will chair the event

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How to book

We have a limited number of free tickets for this event. Please use the booking form below. If possible, please limit your booking to up to 2 tickets only.