Hi All

I would like to bring up the issue of ICANN meeting locations and its involvement with the IGF Saudi Arabia.

ICANN will be holding its AGM in Oman next fall . Oman has a serious deplorable human rights record and most Non Profits involved

in Human Rights issues have a .org or ONG. The anti Gay and anti-feminist views in this country makes attending the country a risky affair and their freedom of speech is curtailed. ICANN has a human rights committee its time to make it functional

What will ICANN do regarding the selection of future ICANN meetings to ensure that the locations are safe for all participants and that human rights are respected in the country?

See reports

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/oman/

https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/oman

https://freedomhouse.org/country/oman/freedom-world/2023

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 at 16:44, Juan Manuel Rojas via Npoc-discuss <npoc-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

Dear all,
On behalf of NPOC EC we would like to know if you have any topics/questions that you would like to discuss with Kurtis during the CEO 1:1.

Best Regards,
Juan Manuel Rojas
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