On 5 and 6 July, European Digital Rights (EDRI) held its first general assembly in Paris. During the assembly four new members were admitted from 4 different countries. With the acceptance of the Belgian Association Electronique Libre (AEL), ISOC-Bulgaria, the Spanish chapter of CPSR and the Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) EDRI now has 14 members from 11 different countries. EDRI will continue to expand it activities in Brussels to defend civil rights in the information society focussing on data retention, privacy, the impact of anti-terrorism measures on freedom, copyright, freedom of speech and spam. An important goal of EDRI will be to identify and admit members from the EU accession countries. During the meeting the members also chose a new board for a two year period, made up of Maurice Wessling (nl), Andy Müller-Maguhn (de) and Ville Oksanen (fi).

Association Electronique Libre (AEL)
http://www.ael.be/

ISOC-Bulgaria
http://www.isoc.bg/

CPSR-ES
http://www.spain.cpsr.org/

Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG)
http://www.siug.ch/