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Mr. Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, is officially visiting Korea on May 2010. In light of his visit, Korean human rights social organizations have prepared the ―Report on the Realities of the Freedom of Expression, Two Years into the Lee Myeong-Bak Administration. The Korean human rights social organizations greatly welcome the Special Rapporteur‘s visit of Korea, and support and feel solidarity in his activities to protect human rights.

The followings are 1. a submitted written statement regarding the violation of the right to freedom of opinion and expression under the Lee Myung-bak administration to the Human Rights Council…

Global Information Society Watch 2009 : Access to online information and knowledge – Country Report of South Korea

A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2009 ALRC-CWS-11-07-2009 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SOUTH KOREA: Concerns about the freedom of expression and the possible resumption of executions

The written statement updates the current conditions of internet censorship by the administrative body, the Korea Communications Standards Commission, and reports the legislations that violate the freedom of opinion and expression such as internet real name system and cyber insult law as well as criminal penalties and temporary blocking against online posts. Moreover, the Jinbonet urged the United Nations attention to the violation of freedom of opinion and expression in cyber space and asked for a visit of Special Rapporteur.

[논평] 로슈의 푸제온 무상공급프로그램에 대한 환자,시민,사회단체의 입장 푸제온은 한국 정부가 제시한 약가에 대한 불만으로 로슈가 4년 넘게 공급을 거부한 에이즈 치료제이다. 그동안 전 세계 에이즈 감염인과 활동가들은 환자의 생명을 위협하는 로슈에 강력한 항의를 계속해왔다. 그러나 이에 대한 로슈의 유일한 답변은 ‘우리가 요구하는 가격을 주지 않는 국가에는 푸제온을 공급할 수 없다’는 것이었다. 결국 우리는 2008년 12월 23일 푸제온 강제실시를 청구하기에 이르렀다. 그런데 별안간 로슈는 2009년 2월 25일 푸제온에 대해 무상공급프로그램을 시행하여 한국 환자들에게 공급하겠다는 통보를 해왔다. 4년 넘게 약을 먹지 못해 고통 받고 죽어가야 했던 환자들이 이제 푸제온을 사용할 수 있게 된 것은 그 어떤 것보다도 중요하고 환영할만한 일이다.

Fuzeon is an essential medicine for HIV/AIDS treatment, but since 2005 Roche has been withholding the distribution of the drug in Korea. We, PLWHA and AIDS activists around the world have been protested against Roche’s murderous policy. However, Roche’s only response was that they would not supply Fuzeon until the South Korean government accepts the unreasonably high price of Fuzeon. To solve this problem, Korea HIV/AIDS Network of Solidarity and Intellectual Property Left requested a compulsory license of Fuzeon in December 2008.

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