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We’re excited to welcome your participation in RightsCon Toronto on May 16-18, whether in person or online!…

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Access Now, USC IHRC urge United Nations to take action on human rights in Cameroon

Our letter to the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urges the United Nations to address recent human rights violations committed by the Republic of Cameroon against the country’s Anglophone population.…
8 March 2018

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The internet, slow and sketchy, is back in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions—for now

Date: March 5, 2018 – Author: Abdi Latif Dahir – Publication: Quartz
5 March 2018

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Freedom of Expression

The shutdown has ended, but Cameroonians are still feeling the impact

It has come without fanfare, and with widespread lack of confidence in its permanency, but the latest internet shutdown in Anglophone Cameroon has largely come to an end.…
1 March 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Media “switch-off” in Kenya: a looming threat to pluralist society

In a guest post, Grace Mutung’u argues that regardless of the rationale, switching off four TV channels in Kenya is a disproportionate measure that interferes with the right to free expression. …
7 February 2018

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Le Cameroun poursuivi en justice pour avoir coupé Internet aux régions anglophones

Date: January 31, 2018 – Author: Sebastien Sebt – Publication: France 24
31 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Cameroon internet shutdowns cost Anglophones millions

Date: January 26, 2018 – Author: Yarno Ritzen – Publication: Al Jazeera
26 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Cameroon govt sued over internet shutdown in Anglophone regions

Date: January 25, 2018 – Author: Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban – Publication: Africa News
25 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Access Now & ISF file legal intervention against Cameroon shutdown

People who live through internet shutdowns almost never get redress for harm during the disruptions. Our intervention seeks to change that.…
24 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Pulling the plug on free expression: the rise of internet shutdowns to silence dissent

In Iran, the DRC, Ethiopia, and Cameroon, governments are responding to protests by imposing internet shutdowns. It has to stop. …
16 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Cameroon Anglophone region dey mark 100 days without Internet

Date: January 6, 2018 – Publication: BBC
6 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

There was some good news but also plenty of bad with Africa’s digital space in 2017

Date: December 22, 2017 – Author: Abdi Latif Dahir – Publication: Quartz
22 December 2017

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Freedom of Expression

While loved ones share holidays, internet shutdowns leave families disconnected

When a government shuts down the internet, real people feel the impact. Read the stories of people harmed by ongoing network restrictions in Cameroon, and if you’ve suffered under a shutdown, share your own story.
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21 December 2017