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>> CHAMBERLAIN DONAHOE: Over two billion people
are now connected to the internet
and in the next 20 years
the online community will grow
to more than 4 billion.
>> MILLI: I have been jailed
for using actively internet
and writing my thoughts
and sharing them on the internet.
>> MACKINNON: We cannot guarantee
that the internet will evolve in a way
that is compatible with human rights.
>> OTHMAN: In Syria actually
you don't have this right to get
or to send and receive information
in a free way.
>> MACKINNON: We are here in Geneva
really to support the work
of some truly amazing people,
the Internet Freedom Fellows,
who have been taking great risks
to work for free expression
and human rights on the Internet
in their countries and regions.
>> MILLI: Internet was always about freedom,
about giving opportunity to everyone.
The important part of these discussions
this is where I want to draw attention of journalists,
and of decision makers is also
the classic dimension of you know,
human life where words and images
and people who use the words and images
and stand behind their words are being
persecuted by their governments.
>> AZPURUA: When we talk
about internet freedoms,
we forget that the freedoms that
we exercise online are the same
freedoms that we have in the real world.
>> PRAKASH: We must also ensure
that the Internet does not become
a series, a set of balkanized individual networks.
>> OTHMAN: The regime developed
the trojans or the malware
which when they arrest anyone,
they are entering, they are getting
the password of the Facebook, email and Skype
then they are sending these trojans
to the other people on the networks
so they can get their information,
passwords and email and then get
more and more and more people in jail.
>> CHAK: Internet has become a platform
where the netizens can enjoy
the freedom of expression
and can contribute to the development
of Cambodia as a whole.
It can be a vibrant democracy in Cambodia.
>> KAMBOU: The Internet represents the hope
of a free and prosperous Africa and we're working
to realize those dreams for present and future generations.
>> CHAMBERLAIN DONAHOE: As we move further into the digital age,
it's becoming more evident that the battle to protect
human rights will be intricately intertwined
with ensuring that the Internet remains
free, open, interoperable and secure.