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Fight for Net Neutrality

Open letter to South Korea’s ICT Minister: ensure Net Neutrality

16 Sep 2020

The signatories of this letter would like to voice their concern regarding the dangerous developments in
South Korean telecom regulations that run contrary to the principle of Net Neutrality.

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Open letter to South Korea’s ICT Minister: ensure Net Neutrality
16 Sep 2020
Open letter to South Korea’s ICT Minister: ensure Net Neutrality
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300+ NGOs to United Nations: intervene on China’s human rights abuses

15 Sep 2020

Access Now and 320 other NGOs and civil society actors, call on U.N. bodies to take immediate action, and put an end to China’s rampant human rights violations.

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300+ NGOs to United Nations: intervene on China’s human rights abuses
15 Sep 2020
300+ NGOs to United Nations: intervene on China’s human rights abuses
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Human rights groups ask U.N. to intervene in U.S. crackdown on racial justice protesters

10 Sep 2020

Access Now and partners ask the United Nations to take a stand against the U.S. government’s violent response to peaceful protests.

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Human rights groups ask U.N. to intervene in U.S. crackdown on racial justice protesters
10 Sep 2020
Human rights groups ask U.N. to intervene in U.S. crackdown on racial justice protesters
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Myanmar court convicts Maung Saungkha for protesting internet shutdowns; all charges must be rescinded

4 Sep 2020

Access Now calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately rescind charges against poet and activist Maung Saungkha. 

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Myanmar court convicts Maung Saungkha for protesting internet shutdowns; all charges must be rescinded
4 Sep 2020
Myanmar court convicts Maung Saungkha for protesting internet shutdowns; all charges must be rescinded
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Fanny Hidvégi named as Obama Foundation European Leader

3 Sep 2020

Access Now is excited to announce that Fanny Hidvégi, Europe Policy Manager, has been selected as part of the inaugural, all-virtual Obama Foundation Leaders: Europe program.

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Fanny Hidvégi named as Obama Foundation European Leader
3 Sep 2020
Fanny Hidvégi named as Obama Foundation European Leader
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Amend Section 230? Not Trump’s call

2 Sep 2020

Access Now submitted comments to the U.S. FCC condemning President Trump’s petition that asks the agency to reinterpret Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

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Amend Section 230? Not Trump’s call
2 Sep 2020
Amend Section 230? Not Trump’s call
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Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha

2 Sep 2020

The Myanmar authorities should immediately drop the charge against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha.

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Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
2 Sep 2020
Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access

1 Sep 2020

Lawmakers must reject a bill to give the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones — a lifeline of information, communication, and documentation — from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention.

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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
1 Sep 2020
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access

Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown

20 Aug 2020

Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing “unlawful” protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states.

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Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown
20 Aug 2020
Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown

Access Now publishes U.S. digital rights agenda

18 Aug 2020

Access Now releases its digital rights policy recommendations for the incoming U.S. president.

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Access Now publishes U.S. digital rights agenda
18 Aug 2020
Access Now publishes U.S. digital rights agenda