Tag: activists
Urgent appeal for justice: condemning the unjust prosecution of dozens of Emiratis in the UAE
Access Now joins 40+ organizations in condemning new prosecutions by UAE authorities against over 80 Emiratis, including human rights defenders, accused of supporting a “terrorist organization.”
#WhyID: international actors in Afghanistan must clean up, restrict dangerous biometric trail
#WhyID: Access Now and civil society is calling on international actors to take immediate action to restrict and secure biometric data in Afghanistan.
#KeepItOn: new election handbook to fight back against internet shutdowns
To help people fight back against election internet shutdowns, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition is releasing a new internet shutdowns and elections handbook.
Monitored and targeted: Sale of surveillance technology puts lives of MENA activists at risk
Warning: repressive regimes are using DMCA takedown demands to censor activists
Repressive regimes — from Nicaragua to Tanzania to Ecuador and beyond — are adding to their toolbox of strategies for censorship of critical voices and independent journalism online.
Facebook has been bending to the will of Arab despots
Family of jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attacked, sister detained
We call upon Egyptian authorities to immediately release Sanaa and Alaa and all the detained activists and human rights defenders who are being held for simply exercising their fundamental rights of assembly and freedom of expression.
Save the Date: RightsCon Online 2020, July 27 – 31
Facebook deactivates accounts of Tunisian political bloggers and activists
Lina Ben Mhenni, rest in power
On January 27th, renowned Tunisian blogger and human rights defender Lina Ben Mhenni passed away. In honor of her contributions to human rights, we share some of her accomplishments in defending freedom of expression and fighting against internet censorship.