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Last year, we welcomed seven fellows from all over the world, who contributed immensely for the success of the Fellowship Program.</span></span><br class=""> </p><p class="" style="text-align: justify; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Our Global Fellows will have the opportunity to work with the team who created and developed the landmark “Marco Civil” legislation, a bill protecting fundamental rights, including privacy, net neutrality and freedom of expression, approved as law in Brazil in April 2014.</span></span></p><p class="" style="text-align: justify; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Applications deadline: <strong class="">March 20th, 2016</strong><br class="">The Fellowship Program will start on <strong class="">July 04th</strong> and will end on <strong class="">August 01st, 2016</strong></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" class="" style="padding: 0px 18px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(154, 37, 142);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="middle" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px;"><a title="Apply Now" href="http://itsrio.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2433258ec47fc6f9a063fd7b&id=318a0e5794&e=f03ed01333" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; display: block;">Apply Now</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><div style="min-height: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 620px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" class=""><center class=""></center></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
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