A Reminder Why to Vote ‘No’ on ACTA
Access to line entrance to European Parliament on Wednesday, July 4, calling on MEPs to VOTE ‘NO’ ON ACTA
STRASBOURG, France, 2 July 2012 – When the members of the European Parliament enter the building to cast their final
ballots on ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) this Wednesday, they’ll receive a final message before going to
vote.
As the culmination of a nine-month campaign calling on MEPs to vote “No” on ACTA, Access (https://www.accessnow.org) is organizing a delivery of its petition: lining the entrance to Parliament with banners reminding MEPs of all the
people that want them to vote “No” on ACTA. A series of placards will list the different bodies that have spoken out
against the treaty – including the five EP committees that recommended against it and the close to 400,000 individuals that signed Access’ petition. The last thing MEPs will see before they enter the building to cast their votes will be a banner reading, “Members of
the European Parliament, how will you vote?”
Since September of last year, Access has collected over 380,000 signatures from its members around the world, calling on
MEPs to reject ACTA.
“Negotiated under a cloud of secrecy, ACTA lacks democratic credibility and threatens free speech and privacy online by
wrongly incentivizing ISPs to surveil and police their users,” said Raegan MacDonald, Senior Policy Analyst, Access.
Access was also responsible for publicizing previously unreleased ACTA negotiating documents, which can be found here: https://www.accessnow.org/acta-docs
While ACTA has already been signed by several negotiating countries, including the United States, a "No" from the
European Parliament would politically kill this Treaty. For more information on Access' campaign, go to https://www.accessnow.org/acta.
Access is an international NGO that promotes open access to the internet as a means to free, full and safe participation
in society and the realization of human rights.
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