Hi Hago,

This is a serious issue and one I'm glad to hear about. Do you want any
support or other actions for your letter?

Thank you for writing it. It strikes me that civil society people are more
likely to be affected than other groups, since our people are often more
active in a wider range of countries. So maybe there is a NCSG case to be
made in support of your letter?

Maria


On 24 February 2014 09:44, Hago Dafalla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Fadi Chehade;
>
>          How are you I hope you are fine and well.
> Further to my letter to you and after my meeting with you in Bali during
> IGF 2013, I would like to assure you that we might hit us damage much of
> the way they operate ICANN through the economic embargo on Sudan and the
> introduction of the policy in their work than the impact on the treatment
> of this organization for Sudanese who participate in its various committees
> and they are few very few do not exceed the number of fingers of one hand
> (about four or five members ) and with few in number , they face
> discrimination qualitative and regional and ethnic hateful limits the
> possibility of their participation in committees and obtaining financial
> support be adjusted to their participation in the periodic meetings of the
> organization , making them suffer in getting equal opportunities fair
> between them and the rest of the participants from other countries. This is
> a big disadvantage of ICANN and the wasting of human rights in Sudan. I
> participated in many of the ICANN working groups ( such as .TF-AIDN, ccwg,
> etc.... ) , but , unfortunately, I find it difficult not justified in the
> presence of  direct meetings to which I belong before the ICANN meeting .
> Now I and  other Sudanese participated in the FT-AIDN Working group and
> this committee have a meeting in Singapore from 20 to 22 March before the
> ICANN meeting, has asked all members of this committee to apply for the
> full financial support to attend the meeting , but unfortunately was not to
> accept our candidacy for the meeting under the pretext of flimsy not
> convince any reasonable person who has experience of how the work of
> committees and ICANN agent double standard . After the policy must be the
> work of ICANN so as not to lose credibility and respect that the laws that
> support equal opportunities and justice among all stakeholders . Also one
> of Sudanese have acceptance from ICANN Fellowships program to participate
> in ICANN Meeting in South Africa and then was delayed to Argentina and then
> was delayed to Singapore. This had happened to me personally when I have
> acceptance from ICANN Fellowship program to attend the meeting in Kenya  then
> a delay to the meeting in Belgium and also the meeting of Senegal to the
> meeting of Costa Rica . Under the pretext of non-completion of ICANN's own
> papers .
> So we ask you to immediately intervene to solve these problems that limit
> our participation in these meetings that set policy for ICANN.
>
>
>    Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hago Dafalla
> Sudan
>