Pedro Noel is a Brazilian journalist and graduated philosopher. According to Romanian media, he is also an Internet media activist,[1] known as 'one of those who made 700 thousand Spaniards take the streets' in 2011.[2]
Pedro Noel | |
|---|---|
 Noel in Quito, June 2014 | |
| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) |
| Education | Philosophy Communication Sciences |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Salamanca, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Researcher |
| Organization | AWP |
Whistleblowing and investigative journalism
editIn December 2010, under the handle of 'FuturePress', Noel and Carrion started to write to the news portal WLCentral.org [1] where they exposed in different languages and using different approaches for more than one year analysis on whistleblowing material, articles and reports on human-rights violations, civic-movements and net-neutrality.
In the late 2011, Pedro Noel along with other journalists started the Associated Whistleblowing Press,[3] a media agency focused on the defense of human rights by promoting transparency, freedom of information and speech, whistleblowing and investigative journalism, conceived as a global network made up of cooperative local platforms and actors.[4]
As the editor of AWP, Pedro Noel took part in more than 50 revelations of wrongdoing, corruption and abuse in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Iceland, since 2011.[5]
Denouncing freedom of expression violations in Ecuador and Latin America
editIn a controversial session at 32nd Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg in 2015, Noel held a talk with Canadian journalist Bethany Horne denouncing violations of free speech standards by the Ecuadorian government.[6] During the talk, Pedro Noel released documents providing evidence that press and media coverage of critical issues were considered by Ecuadorian government as risk factors for democratic stability[7] through the local platform Ecuador Transparente, operated by Associated Whistleblowing Press. The publication followed previous denounces, also performed by Ecuador Transparente, of physical and on-line surveillance and spying against activists, journalists and politicians in Ecuador, performed by the local government.[8] In April 2016, Noel also took part in the publication of alleged proofs of illegal Internet censorship performed by Ecuadorian government.[9][10] In November 2016, Pedro Noel also participated in the release of the Godwin Papers,[11] which showed on-line harassment and discredit campaigns managed by the Ecuadorian government against local journalists, media outlets and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.[12]
Social networks
editIn 2011, along with other Internet activists and researchers, Pedro Noel started[13][14] the project TheGlobalSquare in partnership with TU Delft and its project Tribler. The social network is focused on attack and censorship resilient P2P information broadcasting and social systems.
Spanish Indignados
editAlong with Santiago Carrion, Noel founded the news portal EuropeanRevolution.net, a portal conceived as an informative platform for activists, having as first goal to translate into English what was happening with the 15 May movement and in the squares occupations around Europe in order to expand its impact worldwide.
This led Noel to collaborate[15] with TakeTheSquare.net[16] project, originally formed as an extension of the International Committee of the camp that started in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain. The project was aimed to create a task-force seeking structured change of the worldwide political reality- designed to bring the May 15th ideals to a global context.
Noel and other were the responsible[17] for the worldwide online campaign which culminated in the global day of action on October 15th 2011 in more than 950 cities in 82 countries and its main website 15October.net.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Matzal, Andra. "Guverne" de cartier și colonii ecologice. Ce avem de învățat de la mișcarea Occupy". Bucharest: Think Outside The Box. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ Zoltan, Petru. "Omul care a scos 700.000 de spanioli în stradă: <<În statul român, represiunile şi supravegherea sunt mai puternice>>". Bucharest: Jornalul. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Andersen, Anna. "Shine a light". Reykjavik: The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ Veal, Lowana. "Alternative to Wikileaks Arises in Iceland". Reykjavik: IPS International Press News. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "AWP - Publications". Brussels: AWP. Retrieved 1 Jan 2016.
- ^ Noel, Pedro. "Ecuador: how an authoritarian government is fooling the entire world". Hamburg: CCC. Retrieved 28 Dec 2015.
- ^ Noel, Pedro. "Reporte de la Inteligencia Ecuatoriana (SENAIN) sobre factores de riesgo y amenazas a la estabilidad democrática". Belgium: Associated Whistleblowing Press (AWP). Retrieved 28 Dec 2015.
- ^ "SENAIN llevó a cabo espionaje sistemático a políticos y activistas". Belgium: Associated Whistleblowing Press (AWP). Retrieved 5 Aug 2015.
- ^ "El gobierno ecuatoriano y la Asociación de Proveedores de Internet trabajan juntos para bloquear el acceso a páginas web". Belgium: Associated Whistleblowing Press (AWP). Retrieved 14 Apr 2016.
- ^ Rodriguez, Katitza. "Leaked Documents Confirm Ecuador's Internet Censorship Machine". Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Retrieved 14 Apr 2016.
- ^ "Los papeles de Godwin". Belgium: Associated Whistleblowing Press (AWP). Retrieved 14 Nov 2016.
- ^ "Filtración revela que gobierno ecuatoriano pagó campaña contra la CIDH y Fundamedios". Ecuador: Fundamedios. Retrieved 16 Nov 2016.
- ^ Roos, Jerome. "Virality: international media coverage of The Global Square". Online magazine.: RoarMag.org. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Redes sociais sem censura e com privacidade". Brasilia, Brazil: Jornal do Engenheiro. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ Hérard, Pascal. "Les indignés européens marchent sur Paris". Paris: TV5 Monde. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Moreira, Ana Beatriz. "¿Qué futuro tenemos?". Sao Paulo, Brazil: Contra mare. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Zoltan, Petru. "Omul care a scos 700.000 de spanioli în stradă: <<În statul român, represiunile şi supravegherea sunt mai puternice>>". Bucharest: Jornalul. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.