<div dir="ltr"><div>Good evening Fellow ISOC Delegates,</div><div><br></div><div>I bring you sad news about the state of internet access in my home country Cameroon.</div><div>I have sobbed uncontrollably for weeks as the govt of my country tortures and mimes her citizens and recently has cut off the ability to send financial support to our families through western union and has now cut off the internet.</div><div><br></div><div>Please if you can read the articles below.</div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-cuts-internet-in-english-speaking-regions/3682688.html" class="gmail-yiv6299788662enhancr2_e376fcef-e644-d708-0a78-3150a93baabf" id="gmail-yiv6299788662yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485383697823_195182" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(51,143,233);outline:none;font-family:garamond,"new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">Cameroon Cuts Internet in English-speaking Regions</a><br></div><div><br></div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://qz.com/893401/cameroon-pressured-mtn-and-other-operators-to-shut-down-internet-in-bamenda-buea-regions/" class="gmail-yiv5651474878enhancr2_153f91dc-bd0f-b0a4-942c-4bc4d55e7357" id="gmail-yiv5651474878yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485383697823_161126" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(51,143,233);outline:none;font-family:garamond,"new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">How Cameroon pressured mobile operators to shut down the internet and stifle dissent</a><br><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div>Mafor edwan</div><div>Vice President #2</div><div>ISOC Cameroon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Dan York <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:york@isoc.org" target="_blank">york@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<div>For your Friday/weekend reading, I thought I'd share two items.</div>
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<div><b>First, Constance Bommelaer published a blog post yesterday</b> about the critical questions that will be discussed by the leaders of the G20 nations at their meeting in Germany:</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2017/01/4-critical-internet-questions-g20-leaders-will-debate-2017" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr>org/blog/public-policy/2017/<wbr>01/4-critical-internet-<wbr>questions-g20-leaders-will-<wbr>debate-2017</a></div>
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<div>For those who do social sharing, we've put this out on social networks at:</div>
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<div><a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/822184092036907008" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<wbr>internetsociety/status/<wbr>822184092036907008</a></div>
<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/photos/a.10150120109253239.254763.56134108238/10153961483203239/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>InternetSociety/photos/a.<wbr>10150120109253239.254763.<wbr>56134108238/10153961483203239/</a></div>
<div><a href="https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/2xrj81NjGg7" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/+<wbr>InternetSociety/posts/<wbr>2xrj81NjGg7</a> </div>
<div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/internet-society/comments?topic=6227985323205410817&type=U&scope=219986&stype=C&a=fLYV" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/<wbr>company/internet-society/<wbr>comments?topic=<wbr>6227985323205410817&type=U&<wbr>scope=219986&stype=C&a=fLYV</a> </div>
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<div>Her post also appeared on the Huffington Post: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5880787ce4b0fb40bf6c46d4" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>huffingtonpost.com/entry/<wbr>5880787ce4b0fb40bf6c46d4</a></div>
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<div><b>Second, our Internet Governance timeline has been updated with 2017 events</b>:</div>
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<div>If you see anything missing please inform Carl Gahnberg (cc'd).</div>
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<div>Enjoy,</div>
<div>Dan</div>
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