Freedom Not Fear 2016

This is the page to co-ordinate the European Freedom not Fear weekend in Brussels from 14th till 17th October 2015.

Important: Helpers wanted!

Please add yourself if you are interested to help us out!

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Friedemann	<enkode>friedemann.ebelt@digitalcourage.de</enkode>	Organise Monday meetings & keynote speaker(s), organise workshops/talks / help welcome!	Orga
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Join us: Freedom not Fear 2016 European policy-making is increasingly affecting national laws, decisions taken in Brussels impact our every-day lives. The EU is also increasingly passing disproportionate governmental surveillance measures. Therefore, the Freedom not Fear conference in Brussels is a place where civil rights activists can meet to discuss change. Therefore we invite you to join us for about three days of discussions networking protest meetings with politicians Issues We say NO to surveillance, data retention and PNR and demand the respect of our fundamental rights in the digital environment. Full list of demands from 2014 Costs and application Freedom Not Fear Brussels (FNF) is for free and you don't have to register - just come, join and participate! FNF Brussels is non-profit, non-commercial and mainly driven/coordinated by individual volunteers who are working for free. But FNF Brussels will only become what you make of it. It lives from personal participation and engagement ... and would die, if there were none of that. When and where? When? From 14th – 17th October 2016 (Friday till Monday). We are starting on Friday evening. The official ending of the meeting shall be on Sunday evening, but there will be some more "action" on Monday, October 17th, as some people want to organize some meetings with people from the EU Commission and Parliament. Where? FNF 2016 will again take place at the "Mundo B" at Rue d'Edimbourg 26, where we had some wonderful days at Freedom not fear 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It's the home of some non-governmental organisations and a very lovely place with lots of space for our meeting. Mundo B homepage More international events beside Brussels … Communication/Contact/Press The international mailing list is for those who'd like to take part in discussions about all topics of "digital rights" all over Europe. But you can contact us also via E-mail and Twitter. Mailing list The international AK Vorrat mailing list is being used to talk about everything that needs to be discussed concerning "Freedom Not Fear". The list is open to everyone, the list language is English. Please insert the tag [FNF] into the subject-line of any e-mail to make clear that its content belongs to this topic. Email Contact via e-mail: contact@freedomnotfear.org Blog There is a blog for the international event of Freedom not fear: http://freedomnotfear.org Press contact Please contact us at contact@freedomnotfear.org Support FNF wouldn't work without all the organizations supporting us! Thanks to all of you! AEDH - Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l’Homme (FR) Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung - German Working Group On Data Retention (DE) Arbeitskreis Zensur (DE) Arbeitskreis Zensus (DE) Big brother watching-team (BE) Bits of Freedom (NL) datapanik.org (BE) Digitale Gesellschaft (DE) EDRi - European Digital Rights (Europe) EFF - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (US) digitalcourage Freedom Against Censorship Thailand - FACT (TH) Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte (DE) La Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (BE) Liga voor Mensenrechten (BE) Metamorphosis (MK) MOGIS (DE) NO CCTV (UK) NoPNR! (AT) Nurpa (BE) Open Rights Group (UK) Pirate Parties International (BE) SocietyVrijbit (NL) Vredesactie (BE)

Structure Schedule (timetable) We will develop the schedule of Freedom not Fear 2016 together. There will be space for spontaneous session as well as for pre-organised ones. If you have an idea, mention it in our Freedom not Fear schedule wiki! We would like to offer time & space to exchange thoughts and concerns directly. As we believe, networking beyond borders is becoming more and more important; therefore this "event" shall provide an opportunity to get citizen initiatives from different countries together. We will thus have four days of "Freedom not fear" in Brussels: 14th Oct 2015 (Friday): Arriving, first meeting 15th Oct 2015 (Saturday): Slots of networking, lectures and workshops 16th Oct 2015 (Sunday): Slots of networking, lectures and workshops, outside action 17th Oct 2015 (Monday): Meetings with politicians (self-organized!) How-To organize a Monday meeting in the parliament How-To: How-To ask you parliamentarian for travel imbursement How-To organize a Monday meeting in the parliament Travelling and accommodation Generally, accommodation has to be organized autonomously. But there is the option to stay at an organized mass accomodation or participate in an organized trip. Mass accommodation We are searching for a person willing to take care of the mass accomodation organizing. If you are the person, please contact us at contact@freedomnotfear.org . Digitalcourage planned trip …soon more information here Archive Archive Freedom not fear Brussels 2011 Freedom not fear Brussels 2012 Freedom not fear Brussels 2013 Freedom not fear Brussels 2014 Freedom not fear Brussels 2015 -Up-