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Marwa Fatafta

MENA Policy and Advocacy Director

Marwa leads Access Now’s policy and advocacy work on digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Her work spans a number of issues at the nexus of human rights and technology including content governance and platform accountability, online censorship, digital surveillance, and transnational repression. She has written extensively on the digital occupation in Palestine and focuses on the role of new technologies in armed conflicts and humanitarian contexts and their impact on historically marginalized and oppressed communities. Marwa is a Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, an advisory board member of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, and an advisory committee member for Bread&Net. Marwa was a Fulbright scholar in the US and holds an MA in International Relations from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. She holds a second MA in Development and Governance from the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff

30 Nov 2022

Access Now joins civil society in calling for an end to the abusive measures imposed on members of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

Press Release
Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff
30 Nov 2022
Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff
Regulating digital platforms

Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights

29 Nov 2022

The “Declaration for content and platform governance principles in times of crisis” lays out principles for social media platforms to help ensure privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information during crises.

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Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights
29 Nov 2022
Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights
#ProofOfLife #FreeAlaa|#ProofOfLife #FreeAlaa

#ProofOfLife: stop the abuse, free Alaa now

10 Nov 2022

In prison, Alaa Abd El-Fattah is receiving medical intervention without authorities informing his family or lawyer. Alaa must be set free.

Press Release
#ProofOfLife: stop the abuse, free Alaa now
10 Nov 2022
#ProofOfLife: stop the abuse, free Alaa now

#FreeAlaa: At COP 27, Canada Must Speak Out for the Release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah

7 Nov 2022

We join Canadian and international civil society in urging the Canadian Government and Parliament to speak up for the immediate release of activist Alaa.

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#FreeAlaa: At COP 27, Canada Must Speak Out for the Release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah
7 Nov 2022
#FreeAlaa: At COP 27, Canada Must Speak Out for the Release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah
UK government Alaa

COP27 in Egypt: stop greenwashing, free human rights defenders

4 Nov 2022

Egyptian authorities must free Alaa Abd El-Fattah and all detained activists. Governments at COP27 must work to ensure their swift release.

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COP27 in Egypt: stop greenwashing, free human rights defenders
4 Nov 2022
COP27 in Egypt: stop greenwashing, free human rights defenders
Image: #FreeAlaa Campaign

حياة علاء عبد الفتاح في خطر جسيم طالبوا مصر بالإفراج الفوري عنه

3 Nov 2022

تضم أكساس ناو صوتها الى منظمات حقوق الانسان في دعوة مصر للإفراج الفوري عن علاء وجميع المحتجزين لمجرد ممارستهم السلمية لحقوقهم الإنسانية.

Press Release
حياة علاء عبد الفتاح في خطر جسيم طالبوا مصر بالإفراج الفوري عنه
3 Nov 2022
حياة علاء عبد الفتاح في خطر جسيم طالبوا مصر بالإفراج الفوري عنه
Image: #FreeAlaa Campaign

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s life at serious risk: demand Egypt immediately release him now!

3 Nov 2022

Access Now joins civil society in calling on Egypt to immediately release Alaa and all those arrested and detained solely for exercising their rights.

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Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s life at serious risk: demand Egypt immediately release him now!
3 Nov 2022
Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s life at serious risk: demand Egypt immediately release him now!
Access Now theme

#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions

21 Oct 2022

Access Now welcomes the growing global pressure on Iranian authorities to immediately reinstate internet access across the nation.

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#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions
21 Oct 2022
#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions
Access Now theme

Libyan parliament ignores civil society’s warning, solidifies draconian cybercrime law

19 Oct 2022

Libyan parliament must immediately scrap the dangerous new cybercrime law before it’s used to deny people their fundamental rights

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Libyan parliament ignores civil society’s warning, solidifies draconian cybercrime law
19 Oct 2022
Libyan parliament ignores civil society’s warning, solidifies draconian cybercrime law
Protest and human rights

به آزار و دستگیری پایان دهید: مقامات ایرانی باید فوراً فن‌آوران و مدافعان حقوق دیجیتال را آزاد کنند

14 Oct 2022

Civil society is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of digital rights defenders and technologists in Iran.

Press Release
به آزار و دستگیری پایان دهید: مقامات ایرانی باید فوراً فن‌آوران و مدافعان حقوق دیجیتال را آزاد کنند
14 Oct 2022
به آزار و دستگیری پایان دهید: مقامات ایرانی باید فوراً فن‌آوران و مدافعان حقوق دیجیتال را آزاد کنند