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<div>From Ashnah Kalemera at CIPESA-</div>
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<div>Dear All,<br>
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The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) with the support of Facebook, the Ford Foundation, Google, Hivos, Ope<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">n Technology Fund (OTF) and Small
Media will assemble an audience in Kampala, Uganda for the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cipesa.org_annual-2Dforum-2D2016_&d=DQMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=cvsFgLtJOrHdhIfmHOGoUroXwEcq2cjrIEoq24ctWDg&s=VtlI1V1KKmJGHsqKo8e9jQY1rAxDGTL0_5p3zwpmDss&e=" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 157, 245);">Forum
on Internet Freedom in Africa 2016</a>. Set to take place on September 27–29, the Forum has become a crucial convening for actors on online freedom of expression and association, and the free flow of information in Africa. </font><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Panel </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cipesa.org_-3Fwpfb-5Fdl-3D223&d=DQMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=cvsFgLtJOrHdhIfmHOGoUroXwEcq2cjrIEoq24ctWDg&s=xeQBNLieEy5F741WxNBBB5ptHBapCp7OCXKGioi97xM&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 157, 245); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">discussions</a><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> at
this y</span>ear’s Forum will explore the growing trend of internet shutdowns, the increasing presence of violence against women online, the intersection of open data and human rights, African frameworks that protect online rights and their conflicts with
outdated laws, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cipesa.org_-3Fwpfb-5Fdl-3D223&d=DQMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=cvsFgLtJOrHdhIfmHOGoUroXwEcq2cjrIEoq24ctWDg&s=xeQBNLieEy5F741WxNBBB5ptHBapCp7OCXKGioi97xM&e=" target="_blank">amongst
others</a>.<br>
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The Forum has confirmed participants from at least 23 countries and speakers from over 46 organisations including the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Panos Institute Southern Africa, BudgIT (Nigeria), Article 19 (Kenya), Digital
Society of Zimbabwe, the Web Foundation, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), iAfrikan, Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Access Now, National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Ghana, and Research ICT Africa. Others include Hivos, Nation
Media Group, Africa Media Institute, Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe Chapter, Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI), Privacy International (PI) , Uganda Police, Zambia Police Service, University of Malawi, Communications Regulators Association
of Southern Africa (CRASA) and the Ministry of Information, Communications and National Guidance (Uganda).<br>
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Read m<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">ore <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cipesa.org_2016_09_strengthening-2Dafricas-2Dconversation-2Dand-2Dactions-2Don-2Dinternet-2Dfreedom_&d=DQMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=cvsFgLtJOrHdhIfmHOGoUroXwEcq2cjrIEoq24ctWDg&s=77d8WFRyo8wRRzS298mCid0NfSEZ0ROzNG8wYdqUrU0&e=" target="_blank">here</a> and </font>please
feel free to share widely within your networks.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Ashnah</p>
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