[NCUC-DISCUSS] Civil Society activists with revoked accreditation - 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO (MC11) in Buenos Aires

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Dear all,

Days before the 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO (MC11) in Buenos Aires
the Argentinian Government apparently revoked accreditation of 63 civil
society experts. The accreditation was already issued to the delegates and,
as of yesterday, an email was sent with a note from the WTO Secretariat
notifying them that the Argentine government had denied the accreditation
and advised the WTO that the experts will not be allowed in the country to
participate in the meeting based "security reasons".

The list of organizations includes the following: Argentina (Instituto del
Mundo del Trabajo, Fundación Grupo Efecto Positivo, and Sociedad de
Economía Crítica), Belgium (11.11.11), Brazil (Brazilian Network for
People’s Integration, REBRIP), Chile (Derechos Digitales), Finland
(Siemenpuu), Indonesia (Institute for National and Democracy Studies),
Netherlands (Transnational Institute), the Philippines (People Over Profit)
and the UK (Global Justice Now!), as well as international organizations
including UNI global union (based in Switzerland) and UNI Americas (based
in Uruguay) and Friends of the Earth International.

You can find more info here:
https://www.citizen.org/sites/default/files/release_-_disaccreditation_nov_30_2017.pdf

Best,
-- 
*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

+55 61 99252-6512
Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
@boomartins
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