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Bridget Andere

Bridget Andere

Senior Policy Analyst

Bridget Andere is an Access Now Senior Policy Analyst. Her work at Access Now incorporates her expertise in various aspects of digital rights including data governance, digital identification, freedom of expression, and emerging technologies. She has worked in various capacities during her time at Access Now, including taking on transitional leadership roles. Before working at Access Now, Bridget worked in the private sector, gaining experience in commercial law, and civil and criminal litigation and specializing in corporate restructuring; she also worked as a research assistant for doctoral thesis supervision. She received her Llb. Laws degree from the University of Nairobi and her postgraduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law. She is a qualified Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Commissioner of Oaths. Bridget is also a member of the arbitration body, CIArb. 

#KeepItOn Annobón Shutdown Stories

#KeepItOn pide a la Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos que ayude a poner fin al apagón de internet en Annóbon

3 Jul 2025

Nos dirigimos a usted, Comisionada Topsy-Sonoo, a la Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos, y a los Estados parte de la Carta Africana, para que condenen las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por el gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial, denuncien el prolongado apagón, y contribuyan a restablecer el acceso al internet en Annobón.

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#KeepItOn pide a la Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos que ayude a poner fin al apagón de internet en Annóbon
3 Jul 2025
#KeepItOn pide a la Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos que ayude a poner fin al apagón de internet en Annóbon
#KeepItOn Annobón Shutdown Stories

#KeepItOn call on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to help end the shutdown in Annobón

3 Jul 2025

We are petitioning you, Commissioner Topsy-Sonoo, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and individual state signatories to the African Charter to condemn the Equatorial Guinea government’s human rights violations, the prolonged shutdown, and to help reestablish internet access in Annobón.  

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#KeepItOn call on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to help end the shutdown in Annobón
3 Jul 2025
#KeepItOn call on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to help end the shutdown in Annobón
#KeepItOn Annobón Shutdown Stories

La coalición #KeepItOn intensifica su campaña para detener el apagón de internet que sufre Annobón

3 Jul 2025

Access Now y la coalición #KeepItOn han lanzado hoy una campaña para movilizar el apoyo internacional y exigir el fin del actual apagón de internet en Annobón, una provincia insular de Guinea Ecuatorial.

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La coalición #KeepItOn intensifica su campaña para detener el apagón de internet que sufre Annobón
3 Jul 2025
La coalición #KeepItOn intensifica su campaña para detener el apagón de internet que sufre Annobón
#KeepItOn Annobón Shutdown Stories

#KeepItOn coalition ramps up campaign to end prolonged shutdown in Annobón

3 Jul 2025

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition have today launched a campaign to galvanize international support in demanding an end to the ongoing internet shutdown in Annobón, an island province of Equatorial Guinea.

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#KeepItOn coalition ramps up campaign to end prolonged shutdown in Annobón
3 Jul 2025
#KeepItOn coalition ramps up campaign to end prolonged shutdown in Annobón
Images representing shutdown stories surrounding the island of Annobón

Why Annobón’s internet shutdown should matter to the world

3 Jul 2025

The ongoing internet shutdown in Annobón has cut off 5,300 residents from each other, from their loved ones abroad, and from the world, even as the government of Equatorial Guinea continues cracking down on dissent.

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Why Annobón’s internet shutdown should matter to the world
3 Jul 2025
Why Annobón’s internet shutdown should matter to the world
Images representing shutdown stories surrounding the island of Annobón

¿Por qué el apagón de internet en Annobón debería importarle a todo el mundo?

3 Jul 2025

El contínuo apagón digital en Annobón ha dejado a 5,300 residentes sin poder comunicarse entre ellos, con sus familiares afuera y con el resto del mundo, incluso mientras el gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial continúa reprimiendo la disidencia.

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¿Por qué el apagón de internet en Annobón debería importarle a todo el mundo?
3 Jul 2025
¿Por qué el apagón de internet en Annobón debería importarle a todo el mundo?
Mozambique #KeepItOn

Kenya must obey court orders and #KeepItOn during protests

26 Jun 2025

We demand that Kenyan authorities uphold human rights, restore full internet access, and refrain from imposing any future shutdowns in the country.

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Kenya must obey court orders and #KeepItOn during protests
26 Jun 2025
Kenya must obey court orders and #KeepItOn during protests
Cameroon

#KeepItOn in Tanzania: President Suluhu’s government must restore access to X now

21 May 2025

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition unequivocally condemn the blocking of X in Tanzania that started on May 20, 2025. Technical data recorded by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) measurement community shows that the blocking is underway, impacting several mobile networks.

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#KeepItOn in Tanzania: President Suluhu’s government must restore access to X now
21 May 2025
#KeepItOn in Tanzania: President Suluhu’s government must restore access to X now

The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa

23 Feb 2025
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The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa
23 Feb 2025
The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa

#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC

5 Feb 2025

The #KeepItOn coalition urgently demand that authorities in the DRC stop imposing internet shutdowns amid the ongoing conflict.

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#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC
5 Feb 2025
#KeepItOn: les autorités doivent rétablir l’accès à Goma et dans toute la RDC
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