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Ejovi Nuwere (イジョビ・ヌーワー)氏の提訴-第2回口頭弁論

アメリカのボストン在住のセキュリティエンジニアEjovi Nuwere (イジョビ・ヌーワー)氏により2004年11月22日に提訴された、総務省による表現の自由の侵害に対して起こされた訴訟について、1月25日の原告意見陳述を受けて、被告である国からの被告の主張の準備書面と証拠が裁判所に提出され、第2回口頭弁論が行われました。

原告のNuwere氏側はこれを受け、被告である国の主張への反論を準備します。5月31日10:00amより同じ東京地方裁判所705法廷で第3回口頭弁論が行われる予定です。

Ejovi Nuwere (イジョビ・ヌーワー)氏の提訴-被告国の主張の準備書面と証拠説明書

以下は、被告の主張の準備書面と証拠説明書です。

準備書面
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証拠説明書
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MadridでのAtocha Workshop-3月11日

Madridでは3月11日に列車爆破テロのあったAtocha駅内で「Atocha Workshop」が開かれた。これは「International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism & Security」につづいて、Safe-Democracy FoundationがMadridテロ1周年として、民主主義とテロリズムを考えるために開催したものだ。録音をMP3で用意したので興味のある人は聞いてみて欲しい。

主催者Martin Varsavskyによる開催挨拶と、それに続いてDr. Yael Danieli (左)によるテロのトラウマについての話
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"War on Terror"パネルディスカッション
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Human Rights Watchの Kenneth Roth(右)への公開インタビュー
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午後に行われた12のグループに分かれたディベートのまとめと閉会挨拶
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Atocha駅待合室の内部。室内植物園になっている。

Atocha駅外観

MadridのInternational Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security

昨年のスペインでの列車爆破テロの1周年に合わせて、3月8日から11日までスペインのMadridで「International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security」が開催された。このサミットでは500人ほどの参加者が16のワーキンググループで様々な視点からデモクラシーとテロリズムについて議論し、結果を提案としてまとめた。この中の「Democracy, Terrorism and Open Internet」のパネルセッションのグループで「The Infrastructure of Democracy」という文書をまとめたが、私も議論に参加することができた。10日の会場での録音MP3をアップしたので実際のパネルディスカッションの様子をぜひ聞いてみて欲しい。

このバネルのオフィシャルサイト

Democracy, Terrorism and the Open Internet panel MP3
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Press Conference MP3
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国連代表Kofi Annanの閉会スピーチ

The Infrastructure of Democracy (on Wiki)

The Infrastructure of Democracy

Madridの「International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security」での「Democracy, Terrorism and Open Internet」のパネルセッションのグループでまとめたrecommendation文書「The Infrastructure of Democracy」の全文

The Infrastructure of Democracy
Strengthening the Open Internet for a Safer World
March 11, 2005

I. The Internet is a foundation of democratic society in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and democracy are so closely aligned.

1. The Internet is fundamentally about openness, participation, and freedom of expression for all - increasing the diversity and reach of information and ideas.
2. The Internet allows people to communicate and collaborate across borders and belief systems.
3. The Internet unites families and cultures in diaspora; it connects people, helping them to form civil societies.
4. The Internet can foster economic development by connecting people to information and markets.
5. The Internet introduces new ideas and views to those who may be isolated and prone to political violence.
6. The Internet is neither above nor below the law. The same legal principles that apply in the physical world also apply to human activities conducted over the Internet.

II. Decentralized systems - the power of many - can combat decentralized foes.

1. Terrorist networks are highly decentralized and distributed. A centralized effort by itself cannot effectively fight terrorism.
2. Terrorism is everyone's issue. The internet connects everyone. A connected citizenry is the best defense against terrorist propaganda.
3. As we saw in the aftermath of the March 11 bombing, response was spontaneous and rapid because the citizens were able to use the Internet to organize themselves.
4. As we are seeing in the distributed world of weblogs and other kinds of citizen media, truth emerges best in open conversation among people with divergent views.

III. The best response to abuses of openness is more openness.

1. Open, transparent environments are more secure and more stable than closed, opaque ones.
2. While Internet services can be interrupted, the Internet as a global system is ultimately resilient to attacks, even sophisticated and widely distributed ones.
3. The connectedness of the Internet – people talking with people – counters the divisiveness terrorists are trying to create. 4. The openness of the Internet may be exploited by terrorists, but as with democratic governments, openness minimizes the likelihood of terrorist acts and enables effective responses to terrorism.

IV. Well-meaning regulation of the Internet in established democracies could threaten the development of emerging democracies.

1. Terrorism cannot destroy the internet, but over-zealous legislation in response to terrorism could. Governments should consider mandating changes to core Internet functionality only with extraordinary caution.
2. Some government initiatives that look reasonable in fact violate the basic principles that have made the Internet a success.
3. For example, several interests have called for an end to anonymity. This would be highly unlikely to stop determined terrorists, but it would have a chilling effect on political activity and thereby reduce freedom and transparency. Limiting anonymity would have a cascading series of unintended results that would hurt freedom of expression, especially in countries seeking transition to democratic rule.

V. In conclusion we urge those gathered here in Madrid to:

1. Embrace the open Internet as a foundation of 21st Century democracy, and a critical tool in the fight against terrorism.
2. Recognizing the Internet's value as a critical communications infrastructure, invest to strengthen it against attacks and recover quickly from damage.
3. Work to spread access more evenly, aggressively addressing the Digital Divide, and to provide Internet access for all.
4. To protect free speech and association, endorse the availability of anonymous communications for all.
5. Resist attempts at international governance of the Internet: It can introduce processes that have unintended effects and violate the bottom-up democratic nature of the Net.