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Freedom of Expression

Stop hate speech, not free speech

10 December 2019

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Freedom of Expression

The miscalculations African governments keep making with social media and internet blocks

October 3rd, 2019, Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa.

3 October 2019

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Business and Human Rights

The move to open Africa’s last closed telecom market raises questions on digital rights

July 8, 2019, Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa.

8 July 2019

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Freedom of Expression

Ethiopia is coming back online after Government Assassinations Prompted a 10-Day Internet Blackout

July 2, 2019, Elias Meseret, Fortune.

2 July 2019

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Freedom of Expression

Internet restored in Ethiopia 10 days after assassinations

July 2, 2019, Elias Meseret, CBS 13.

2 July 2019

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Freedom of Expression

Access Now and global partners report to Human Rights Council on most pressing digital rights issues in Nicaragua, DRC, Qatar, Ethiopia, and Costa Rica

Our reports cover a country’s human rights obligations, developments since the last review, and pressing examples with evidence to show how rights are being violated or put at risk. …

10 October 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Old habits die hard: Ethiopia blocks internet in the eastern part of the country, again!

Despite a renewed commitment from the government to respect free expression online, Ethiopia has shut down the internet in the entire eastern part of the country amid growing tensions.…

7 August 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Ethiopia: Verifying the unblocking of websites

Access Now and OONI publish a report showing which sites are no longer blocked in Ethiopia, and call for lifting the block on the remaining sites and reform of the laws that silence dissenting voices. …

3 July 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Pulling the plug on free expression: the rise of internet shutdowns to silence dissent

In Iran, the DRC, Ethiopia, and Cameroon, governments are responding to protests by imposing internet shutdowns. It has to stop. …

16 January 2018

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Digital Security

Access Now brief: how African countries can shape cybercrime laws that protect rights

We analyze draft laws in four countries, providing guidance to help legislators protect human rights.…

21 December 2016

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Freedom of Expression

What’s happening in Ethiopia and how can we protect human rights?

This is a dark time for human rights in Ethiopia. We need to #KeepItOn. …

17 October 2016

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Freedom of Expression

Don’t let 2016 be the year internet shutdowns became the new normal

We’ve recorded shutdowns in Chad, Ethiopia, India, and Pakistan. Each shutdown is unique, but they all harm people, violating human rights and often damaging the local economy. …

19 April 2016

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Access Now in the News

Stop hate speech, not free speech

Access Now in the News

The move to open Africa’s last closed telecom market raises questions on digital rights

Access Now in the News

Ethiopia is coming back online after Government Assassinations Prompted a 10-Day Internet Blackout

Access Now in the News

Internet restored in Ethiopia 10 days after assassinations

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Access Now and global partners report to Human Rights Council on most pressing digital rights issues in Nicaragua, DRC, Qatar, Ethiopia, and Costa Rica

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Old habits die hard: Ethiopia blocks internet in the eastern part of the country, again!

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Ethiopia: Verifying the unblocking of websites

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Pulling the plug on free expression: the rise of internet shutdowns to silence dissent

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Access Now brief: how African countries can shape cybercrime laws that protect rights

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What’s happening in Ethiopia and how can we protect human rights?

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Don’t let 2016 be the year internet shutdowns became the new normal

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