Fisher Capital Management News: Wikileaks Targets UNESCO
Wikileaks has issued a warning yesterday to an unlikely target of their #occupy campaign:
UNESCO, a United Nations’ agency focused in promoting human rights.
The United Nations Educational Scientific...
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Fisher Capital Management News: Wikileaks Targets UNESCO
Wikileaks has issued a warning yesterday to an unlikely target of their #occupy campaign:
UNESCO, a United Nations’ agency focused in promoting human rights.
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization hosted a two-day conference
together with the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC), an international NGO, on February
16-17.
Entitled,“The Media World afterWikileaks and News of the World”,the conference appears to
deal with media and freedom of speech, prompting Wikileaks to request participation.
They were
flatlydenied an opportunity to speak in the event.
UNESCO’s reason? Ironically,they chose not to
allow Wikileaks representation as an act of exercising their freedom of expression.
One of the press releases from the organizers announced thatthey are gathering a range of
speakers worldwide to ‘ensure thatthese questions are considered from the various perspectives
of the global media’.
Oddly enough, th
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