Release Type: Press Releases
Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s life at serious risk: demand Egypt immediately release him now!
Access Now joins civil society in calling on Egypt to immediately release Alaa and all those arrested and detained solely for exercising their rights.
Musk’s Twitter takeover must not silence activists
Now that tech billionaire Elon Musk has completed his takeover of Twitter, he must protect the voices of human rights defenders across the globe.
India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill empowers gov’t to impose internet shutdowns
Int’l coalition alarmed by Indian’s Draft Telecommunication Bill giving power to government to shut down the internet to protect public safety. Internet shutdowns violate human rights.
International coalition calls for withdrawal of Draft Indian Telco Bill: provisions threaten end-to-end encryption
International coalition urges India to withdraw Draft Telecommunications Bill, and introduce a revised draft that ensures secure communications and end-to-end encrypted platforms.
Internet shutdowns shroud and facilitate brutality of Myanmar junta’s airstrike in Hpakant township
Access Now condemns the ongoing war crimes committed by the military in Myanmar, and its use of internet shutdowns to conceal the atrocities.
CSOs urge the UN to demand serious improvements to Vietnam’s human rights record
CSOs call on the UN Resident Coordinator and UN agencies to publicly and pro-actively demand serious improvements to the government’s atrocious human rights record and to start holding it to account.
#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions
Access Now welcomes the growing global pressure on Iranian authorities to immediately reinstate internet access across the nation.
Libyan parliament ignores civil society’s warning, solidifies draconian cybercrime law
Libyan parliament must immediately scrap the dangerous new cybercrime law before it’s used to deny people their fundamental rights
به آزار و دستگیری پایان دهید: مقامات ایرانی باید فوراً فنآوران و مدافعان حقوق دیجیتال را آزاد کنند
Civil society is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of digital rights defenders and technologists in Iran.
Stop the persecution: Iranian authorities must immediately release technologists and digital rights defenders
Civil society is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of digital rights defenders and technologists in Iran.