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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Cambria">Hi Janvier.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Cambria">I am winding up a research project looking at the impact of such “disruptions”.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Cambria">If you can do a survey, I’d be pleased to share the questions with you and then we can do a comparison. In my case, I’m looking at India. I’m looking at the social impact and some economic
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Cambria">We should take it offline but I’ve emailed this list in case others may be interested.
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</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri; color:black">chapter-delegates-bounces <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Janvier NGNOULAYE <jnoulaye@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, 23 April 2017 at 1:27 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Jose R. de la Cruz III" <jrdelacruz@acm.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] FW: [Internet Policy] Internet restored in Cameroon</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Thank you for your concern and for the advices you are given here. We worked in that direction since 4 months when the government instructed the operators to shutdown Internet. In
fact, as you can read inside the letter(attached here in french) with the subject: "Advocacy for an open and accessible Internet for all and proposals for a responsible use of the Internet in Cameroon", where the Chapter was making a statement and a proposal
to the Governement on the matter. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I want to let you know that, in addition to other action we made on the matter, the Chapter organized from 3 to 7 April a workshop on IXP with the support of ISOC bureau Afrique,
with the aim to help the local operators and the governement to quickly run the Internet exchange point in Cameroon, which was among the list of our proposals as you can read from that letter. Today we can seat with them and discuss and make proposal. It is
a training and awareness-raising phase they actually need. Because we have found that the Internet, its principles and governance are new things for them. With those actions with the government, we think that access to the Internet will stay on everywhere
in Cameroon.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Warm regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">2017-04-22 15:38 GMT+01:00 Jose R. de la Cruz III <<a href="mailto:jrdelacruz@acm.org" target="_blank">jrdelacruz@acm.org</a>>:</p>
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<span style="font-family:Georgia">I've been following your struggle and are happy to know that access to the Internet is back on.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Georgia">You ask, "How do we keep it on for everyone?". I cannot think of a simple answer to your question. My suggestion is to involve the community and business in an effort to 'educate' those who make the laws about the impact of
the Internet in your society. Every nation has its laws, and we must abide by them. Hence the effort should aim to develop a favorable public opinion that would influence lawmakers into considering access to the Internet as a basic staple for the society.
ISOC and other organizations should be able to help in this effort.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Georgia">Whatever route you take, I sincerely wish that access to the Internet stays on.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Queen Mother <<a href="mailto:edwannfon@gmail.com" target="_blank">edwannfon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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I want to take this moment to thank the entire ISOC and other individual ISOC members who joined me, sympathized with me, called me, advised me and who in any small way contributed in ending the plight of my people. After about 4 months or so of no internet
in the English speaking part of Cameroon, the internet slowly, like a coward crawled back into their broken lives.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">There was jubilation and tears and the lingering worry that it might go away again.
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How do we keep it on for everyone?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Again, thank you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Walid AL-SAQAF <<a href="mailto:walid@al-saqaf.se" target="_blank">walid@al-saqaf.se</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Thank you all for your support, efforts and words of encouragement to your colleagues in Cameroon during this ordeal. I personally know how it feels to be shut down and censored, so I commend our members in Cameroon
and all those who fought the shutdown inside the country for their tireless efforts to seek support from the world as well as do their best to get their country online again.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">But please remember that there are unsung heroes, who worked tirelessly to help convince the authorities to bring Cameroon back online. They have exerted a lot of effort without much noise and without expecting
any personal benefit in return. I wish to extend to those unsung heroes a special 'thank you' in my capacity as an Internet user, who cares about the open Internet and its future.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Nicolas and I have felt and seen first hand at RightsCon and through other initiatives how small efforts can make a big different. What we need to do is keep the momentum and remain vigilant since shutdowns have
happened before and may happen again across the world. In fact, they are still happening in some parts of the world as we speak. Therefore, there are a lot of challenges ahead and much work to do as a community.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Let's keep it up!</p>
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Walid Al-Saqaf</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Richard Hill <<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch" target="_blank">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>> wrote:</p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicolas Seidler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> vendredi, 21. avril 2017 14:54<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Internet Policy] Internet restored in Cameroon</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">As some of you may have heard already, after 94 days, the Internet has just been put back on for the more than 5 million people living in the anglophone regions of Cameroon. <a href="http://crtv.cm/fr/nouvelles/top-news-24/rgions-du-nord-ouest-et-du-sud-ouest-les-connexions-internet-sont-rtablies--19138.htm" target="_blank">Here
is the link</a> to the official communiqué by the Communications Minister (in French).</span></p>
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again language discrimination related to French language administration and court rulings. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Today’s positive news is a testament to the efforts and persistence by the local and global communities that have fought to bring the Internet back on in Cameroon and around the world. The Internet
Society issued a public <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/lets-keep-internet-everyone" target="_blank">statement</a> back in February, and many ISOC members were instrumental in supporting the #BringBackOurInternet campaign that generated a lot of attention
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Yet, we must remain vigilant. The letter lifting the shutdown stresses that the government reserves the right to use measures in the future to avoid for the Internet to disrupt public order.
Also, beyond the human impact of this measure, economic losses due to the shutdown have been estimated at a minimum of USD 4.5 million. The impact on trust is particularly concerning in a region that is known as Cameroon’s “Silicon Mountain”, home to creative
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">With several Internet blackouts still in effect around the world, we must stay alert and continue the fight so shutdowns don’t become the new normal. But as of now, let us celebrate and rejoice
for the people of Cameroon who are finally back online!</span></p>
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