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#IAmTheSudanRevolution: There’s a direct link between internet shutdowns and human rights violations in Sudan

11 Jun 2019

While the internet has been shut off,  several reports indicate that more than 100 people have been killed, over 700 injured and at least 70 raped. Sudan must restore access immediately and #KeepItOn.

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#IAmTheSudanRevolution: There’s a direct link between internet shutdowns and human rights violations in Sudan
11 Jun 2019
#IAmTheSudanRevolution: There’s a direct link between internet shutdowns and human rights violations in Sudan
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Free expression at scale: a human rights guide to content moderation

13 May 2019

Access Now releases preliminary recommendations for content moderation and Facebook’s planned oversight board.

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Free expression at scale: a human rights guide to content moderation
13 May 2019
Free expression at scale: a human rights guide to content moderation
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UPR review: Access Now and ARTICLE 19 highlight threats to digital rights in Iran

30 Apr 2019

For Iran’s third review, Access Now and ARTICLE 19 submitted documentation of the threats to access to information, data protection, and freedom of expression.

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UPR review: Access Now and ARTICLE 19 highlight threats to digital rights in Iran
30 Apr 2019
UPR review: Access Now and ARTICLE 19 highlight threats to digital rights in Iran
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Sri Lanka: shutting down social media to fight rumors hurts victims

22 Apr 2019

Cutting communications channels can block the emergency and rescue services that keep people alive.

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Sri Lanka: shutting down social media to fight rumors hurts victims
22 Apr 2019
Sri Lanka: shutting down social media to fight rumors hurts victims
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Australia’s plans for internet regulation: aimed at terrorism, but harming human rights

27 Mar 2019

Writing sound policy to address challenges linked to online speech (even “terrorist” content) requires a carefully considered, measured, and proportionate approach.

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Australia’s plans for internet regulation: aimed at terrorism, but harming human rights
27 Mar 2019
Australia’s plans for internet regulation: aimed at terrorism, but harming human rights
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Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Díaz facing arbitrary detention

12 Mar 2019

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.

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Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Díaz facing arbitrary detention
12 Mar 2019
Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Díaz facing arbitrary detention
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Philippine government must drop cyber libel charges against Maria Ressa

14 Feb 2019

Cybercrime provisions must not be deployed to silence journalists and those who perform the vital role of uncovering facts.

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Philippine government must drop cyber libel charges against Maria Ressa
14 Feb 2019
Philippine government must drop cyber libel charges against Maria Ressa
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Against the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

17 Jan 2019

The undersigned organizations and citizens express our concern about the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a document that has been leaked to the media. According to the information received, the bill could be approved this month, January 2019, by the Constituent National Assembly (ANC).

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Against the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
17 Jan 2019
Against the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe

16 Jan 2019

Joint letter from #KeepItOn coalition members urging Zimbabwe to end the internet shutdown.

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#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe
16 Jan 2019
#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe
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السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت

21 Dec 2018
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السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت
21 Dec 2018
السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت