On 11/05/2012 00:14, Tom Morris wrote:
In the bidding process, there rightly are some minimum
standards,
specifically with regards to freedom of speech laws and whether or not
the cities in question are welcoming to religious and LGBT minorities.
If we wish to include anti-censorship as one of those requirements,
it'd be worth knowing that up-front so Wikimedians who wish to bid in the
future can take that into account rather than have it brought up after
the bidding process is complete.
If the community want to include anti-censorship (and or numerous other
possible complaints) as one of the requirements, then good luck finding
any city in the world to host Wikimania.
On 11/05/2012 00:07, Richard Symonds wrote:
I must admit I had concerns, but they're allayed
considerably by the
statement that HK is fiscally independent from the PRC. Hopefully
having such a free event in an area of the world where freedom of
information is in relatively short supply will do wonderful things
for the movement and the world!
Or one can just read [[Special administrative region]] (among other
related articles) and see "Currently, the two SARs of Hong Kong and
Macau are responsible for all issues except diplomatic relations and
national defence."
If people have a problem with one of the most multi-ethnic,
multicultural & number 1 ranked index of economic freedom place in the
world with constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and press, then
I give up.........
KTC
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