[IMC-Print] Fwd: [imc-italy] [switzerland@indymedia.org: [Imc-europe] imc switzerland temporarily offline]

[Chang Sing]

What are we supposed to do? Wait until they publish their statement? 
Contact
them and ask them if it's ok with them if we put the article in the 
print
edition? Or just go straight ahead?
bye
  guido

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> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:35:48 GMT
> From: switzerland@indymedia.org
> Subject: [Imc-europe] imc switzerland temporarily offline
> To: imc-europe@indymedia.org, imc-general@indymedia.org,
>    imc-communication@indymedia.org
> Cc: imc-davos@indymedia.org
> 
> hello
> 
> many of you have already heard about the lawsuit against indymedia 
switzerland, 
> because some anti-semitic articles/comments and the latuff cartoons 
haven't 
> been deleted totaly. indymedia switzerland has a 'censorship waste 
bin', where 
> discriminating postings are banned to. this waste bin is 
transparent, so the 
> hidden/banned postings are still viewable for everybody. that's the 
reason for 
> the lawsuit against at least two supposed indymedia activist 
(called 'editors' 
> and 'moderators'). in switzerland exists a anti-racism law to 
proceed against 
> racist propaganda. you can find the first indy.ch statement 
(regarding the 
> lawsuit) from 6th february at: 
> https://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-europe/2002-
February/000669.html
> 
> this legal action has been prepared (in a political way) by a group 
called FEPA 
> (for a progressive anticapitalism), who flooded indymedia 
switzerland in 
> december, because of the same reasons as the lawsuit. it's a group 
of people 
> from the leftist scene in switzerland. we know all of them and had 
a common 
> political history...
> 
> now it has been decided to temporarily close indymedia switzerland 
respectively 
> its open publishing part. this is a try to shift the discussions 
from the 
> internet into the real/non-virtual world. it's a try to cool down 
the 
> situation, which is really hot at the moment. we want to 
deescalate...
> 
> soon will follow a statement and some more information, but it also 
has to be 
> clarified with the legal situation...
> we received a lot of e-mails from indymedia activists, who asked 
for writing a 
> report about what happened. we want to thank you for all your 
solidarity and 
> for sure we'll need much more of your support... ;-)
> we hope that the statement (and informsations), which will be 
published in some 
> days, can help the people and the groups to release their own 
statements. this 
> would be a great help for us, but we understand if these groups 
want to wait 
> til they got enough informations...
> so, maybe you have to wait with your reports and features til the 
statement has 
> been published...?
> 
> ch.i
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