Free speech advocates don't pick the site of the Forum. Although they did protest vehemently when Tunisia was selected for the WSIS Summit, and this year tried mightily to make human rights the theme of the IGF Summit. In the UN system, host governments hold a lot of sway, which is why the entire schedule was disrupted and intensive security arrangements suddenly imposed so that the Egyptian first lady could address the Forum. Many of us stayed away that day. Also, if you read the tweets and other postings by many of the people at the Forum you will learn that there is a robust dialogue about press conditions in Egypt, repression of Egyptian bloggers, etc. See rmack on Twitter.