Region: Middle East & North Africa
Iraq’s elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns
No to internet shutdowns in Iraq these elections — Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition demand an open, accessible, and secure internet for all.
Freedom for human rights defender, Alaa Abdel Fattah #FreeAlaa
Access Now is calling to free Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian activist and technologist, and immediately release him from arbitrary detention.
#الحرية_لعلاء عبد الفتاح، الصديق والمدافع عن حقوق الإنسان
يواجه صديقنا الشجاع، الناشط المصري والتقني، علاء عبد الفتاح، فترات من السجن منذ عام 2011. وفي السنتين الأخيرتين، لا يزال معتقلاً في سجن طرّة شديد الحراسة الذي يقع جنوب العاصمة المصرية القاهرة.
Facebook Oversight Board’s Palestine decision: right direction, not enough
The Facebook Oversight Board’s latest decision on the platforms’s unjustified removal of Palestine news content welcomed, but not enough.
قرار مجلس الإشراف بفيسبوك خطوة في الاتجاه الصحيح، ولكنه يبقى غير كافٍ
Chérif El Kadhi
The battle for control of Afghanistan’s internet
Талибы завладели американскими базами биометрических данных. Под угрозой оказались миллионы афганцев
#KeepItOn 2021 Наблюдение за выборами
In 2021, at least a dozen countries with a history of internet shutdowns are headed to the polls for important elections, and people fighting for their democracies need the world’s solidarity and support.
The internet shutdowns issue
With support from the #KeepItOn coalition, Jigsaw is today publishing “The Current: The Internet Shutdowns Issue,” a deep-dive into internet shutdowns.