<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214041">Those lawyers dealing Internet rights suggest that Internet rights could be violated only if the following three conditions apply:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214041"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214087"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214088">a) The shutdown must serve legitimate aim</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214089"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214090">b) The shutdown is supported/established by (domestic or international) law</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214089"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214127">c) The shutdown is </span>necessary and proportionate.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214089"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214089">walu.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214031"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214035" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214034"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214033"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214032"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214036"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214040"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214175"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214174">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214173"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214172">To:</span></b> Ish Sookun <ish@lsl.digital> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss@afrinic.net>; rpd <rpd@afrinic.net><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214178"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214177">Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 15, 2017 11:06 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214180"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495082309502_214179">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rpd] [Community-Discuss] Controversial anti-shutdown policy discussed at RIPE<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7927479882"><div><div>Ish</div><div id="yiv7927479882AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7927479882AppleMailSignature">Protests are an expression of freedom of association and speech. Shutting down the Internet because people are protesting is unjustified. The very Governments that are elected by the people should be responsible to the people. I can see where in some extreme (really extreme) circumstances where shut downs maybe be necessary. However, mechanisms MUST be put in place from the onset to justify such. And this must be a Multi- Stakeholder Consensus Building Mechanism where NATIONAL SECURITY is truly in jeopardy. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span style="">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="yiv7927479882yqt8359648973" id="yiv7927479882yqtfd09239"><br clear="none">On 15 May 2017, at 9:37 AM, Ish Sookun <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ish@lsl.digital" target="_blank" href="mailto:ish@lsl.digital">ish@lsl.digital</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv7927479882yqt8359648973" id="yiv7927479882yqtfd12932"><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Ali,</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>On 14/05/17 19:43, Ali Hussein wrote:</span><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've been following this discourse for a few days and I'm getting the feeling that no one in the community is supporting a shut down right? </span><br clear="none"></blockquote><span></span><br clear="none"><span>I would not say no one is supporting a shutdown. The discussions on the</span><br clear="none"><span>RPD list prompted that some found it justified for the government to</span><br clear="none"><span>shut down the internet because of riots & protests. I am not saying</span><br clear="none"><span>whether they are right or wrong, but merely citing what I read from the</span><br clear="none"><span>list.</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Regards,</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Ish Sookun</span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">RPD mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><div class="yqt8359648973" id="yqtfd23307"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>