Release Type: Press Releases

Access Now’s latest report, Europe’s approach to artificial intelligence: how AI strategy is evolving, explores the actions EU governments are taking to promote what the EU calls Trustworthy AI, what this approach means for human rights, and how European AI strategy is changing.

Calling attention to the U.S. Government’s violent response to peaceful protests against racism, human rights organizations join forces to send a joint submission to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights urging immediate action.

After much anticipation, the European Commission today, December 3, published the Communication on the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) —  a new plan to ensure EU citizens are able to participate in democracy through informed decision-making, free from unlawful interference and manipulation.

The Republic of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has pledged to keep the internet and digital communications tools accessible and open throughout the election period — and civil society is holding it to account.

Las organizaciones abajo firmantes condenamos enérgicamente la persecución de empleados de la Iniciativa Egipcia para los Derechos Personales (EIPR) y de la sociedad civil egipcia por el gobierno egipcio.

The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the persecution of employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and Egyptian civil society by the Egyptian government.

تُدين المنظمات الموقعة أدناه بشدة اضطهاد الحكومة المصرية لموظفي المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية (EIPR) ومنظمات المجتمع المدني.

Bringing together regional and international experts to delve into the incidents of internet shutdowns documented in 2020 during elections, and explore how stakeholders can work together to raise awareness about these acts of repression, and hold governments accountable.

Access Now, Article 19, Fortify Rights, and seven others are calling on authorities in Myanmar to immediately end criminal proceedings against, and release from detention, all those charged in relation to recent protests shining a spotlight on human rights violations and internet shutdowns in Rakhine and Chin states.