Tag: Free Expression
Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
The Myanmar authorities should immediately drop the charge against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha.
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
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.
Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown
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.
En Biélorussie, des coupures internet pour freiner l’opposition
Can we move beyond the AI hype to defend human rights?
Debunking AI myths may help us avoid blind techno-solutionism, to craft evidence-based public policy that supports AI uptake only when machine-learning systems are actually fit-for-purpose, and center and respect people and their rights.
#IWantALetter: Take action to demand that Egyptian authorities provide information updates on their response to the pandemic in prisons
#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure during the presidential elections in Belarus
Access now and other organizations write to President Lukashenko to urgently request that the internet and all other communication channels are open, secure, and accessible throughout the election period in the Republic of Belarus.
Gamers Protest Over Privacy, Free Speech & Anonymity Concerns
