Release Type: Press Releases
Mar 27: Access Now gathering leading experts for Data Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Join us on March 27, 2019, for the Data Privacy Summit, a full-day event to explore the current landscape for privacy and data in the United States, and to chart a path forward for a user-centered data protection framework.
Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Díaz facing arbitrary detention
Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and activist well known throughout Venezuela and the global human rights community, was detained by SEBIN intelligence officers yesterday evening on his way home from work at Union Radio.
السعودية: أكثر من 50 منظمة حقوقية تطالب بالإفراج الفوري عن المدافعين والمدافعات عن حقوق النساء
Saudi Arabia: Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of women’s rights defenders
At the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, we urge member states to pass a resolution asking explicitly for the immediate and unconditional release of detained Saudi women human rights defenders.
دعوة لسحب مشروع قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية الذي يقوض بشدة الحق الأساسي في حرية التعبير
Iraq: Call to withdraw the draft Cybercrime Law which would severely undermine fundamental right to freedom of expression
Concerned over restrictions to freedom of expression, 10 civil society organisations call on Iraq to withdraw draft Cybercrime Law.
U.S. Senate excludes civil society from critical data protection hearing
In response to a Senate hearing on privacy featuring predominantly industry voices, members of civil society and privacy experts are organizing a coordinated, real-time response to take place over Twitter.
Now more than ever, Tunisians need a functioning Data Protection Authority
Our coalition calls on the Head of Government to work quickly to appoint someone in lieu of the current DPA, Chawki Gaddes.
تونس: غياب الهيئة المُستقلّة لحماية المعطيات الشخصيّة في ظل العام الانتخابي المُقبل يضع مسار الحريّات والحقوق الأساسية في خطر
Access Now joins human rights groups open letter to Novalpina Capital
Our open letter urges Novalpina Capital, now an owner of the NSO Group surveillance technology firm, to prevent use of its products to harm human rights across the globe.