![[Politech logo]](http://www.politechbot.com/image/logo.gif){kind=logo}
Politech is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994 by Declan McCullagh, the mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of culture, technology, politics, and law. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.
Perhaps Mr. Ngeze is guilty as charged. But he nevertheless has the right to tell his side of the story and distribute relevant documents to bolster his defense -- and the United Nations is far out of line in dreaming up ways to censor him. Unfortunately, this is not an abberation on the part of the U.N. See: http://www.politechbot.com/p-00947.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-01500.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-01624.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-00492.html -Declan ***** http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/046/nation/Rwandan_inmate_launches_Web_site-.shtml Rwandan inmate launches Web site Massacre suspect claims he is target of UN conspiracy By Declan Walsh, Globe Correspondent , 2/15/2001 NAIROBI - A Rwandan journalist accused of helping to orchestrate his country's genocidal massacre in 1994 has launched a Web site from inside his prison cell, causing consternation among United Nations officials at the east African facility where he is being held. Hassan Ngeze is on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha. He is refusing to attend his trial, claiming it is biased, but he has launched a parallel defense on a US-based Web site on which he protests his innocence. The tactic has alarmed UN officials, who fear the site could jeopardize the integrity of Ngeze's trial or the lives of anonymous witnesses testifying against him. And in an echo of last year's French court challenge that forced the Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. to end auctions of Nazi memorabilia, the United Nations may seek to break new legal ground and shut Ngeze's site down. ... Worried UN officials say Ngeze has clearly provided material for the Web site, because it includes documents only available within the UN detention facility in Arusha, along with recent photographs of Ngeze himself. They fear it could prejudice the ongoing trial or, worse, be used to send coded messages about anonymous prosecution witnesses to the outside world, endangering their lives. They also say his allegations about UN staff are defamatory. ... The UN would like to shut down Ngeze's Web site but realizes such a move would raise ''very, very tricky legal and political issues, because the Web sites are being established and operated by people outside'' Tanzania, said tribunal registrar Agwu Okali at a news conference. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------