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Op wo 13 nov. 2019 om 10:55 schreef Toni Hermoso Pulido <
toniher@wikimedia.cat>:
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https://www.wikimedia.cat/2019/11/13/statement-about-the-spanish-new-royal-d...
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> Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security
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> On November 5th, The Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Royal
> Decree-Law 14/2019
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https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/11/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-15790.pdf), which
> was passed on October 31st, whereby the General State Administration
> reserves the right to suspend, exceptionally and precautionary, the
> transmission of data and the connection to Internet claiming reasons of
> public order.
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> According to Chapter IV, modification of the Law 9/2014 of General
> Telecommunications, the State reserves the right to take over any types
> of infrastructure, network, service or digital resource that may affect
> public security within the framework of national defense. The power of
> immediate action is granted to the Government of Spain for the closure
> of websites and other services through the Ministry of Economy and
> Business, as well as the control and operation of all networks during
> transitory periods described as exceptional. No prior judicial
> requirement is needed.
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> From Amical Wikimedia we hereby express our profound disagreement with
> this new decree and our growing concern for the restriction of digital
> rights in Spanish territory. First of all, the lack of debate on this
> law in Parliament, its approval under a caretaker government, during the
> electoral campaign and under the formula of a royal decree-law
> represents a drastic regression of the freedom to information in key
> moments. Secondly, vaguely defined concepts such as “national security,”
> “public order,” “transitional period,” or “exceptional situation” allow
> for indiscriminate action based on political interests for the
> repression of ideological dissent.
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> Thirdly, we are concerned that the preamble of this law contextualizes
> and aims to justify the adopted measures for the ongoing socio-political
> mobilizations in different areas of the Spanish territory. Amical
> Wikimedia, in this regard, has previously declared itself in favor of
> the organization of actions that defend basic civil rights and the
> freedom of expression throughout all the Catalan-speaking areas. The
> abovementioned decree seriously violates the freedom of information,
> which should be open and accessible to the public as is the case of
> Wikipedia and its sister projects. Article 19 of the Universal
> Declaration of Human Rights upholds that “Everyone has the right to
> freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold
> opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
> information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”.
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> There are recent precedents of digital censorship which have had very
> serious social impact. In February 2014, the Turkish parliament passed
> the Law No. 5651, granting new powers to the state telecommunications
> authority regarding Internet regulation. A few years later, on April
> 2017 and making use of this law, access to all idiomatic versions of
> Wikipedia were blocked based on Turkish Government claims of
> state-funded terrorism on the English Wikipedia.
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> For all these reasons, Amical Wikimedia reaffirms its rejection of this
> decree-law and demands its immediate withdrawal. Our organisation stands
> unequivocally in favor of digital freedom and the human rights of
> expression, peaceful assembly, and access to information.
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> Toni Hermoso Pulido
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> Amical Wikimedia
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