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#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe

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

16 January 2019

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Zimbabwe orders a three-day, country-wide internet shutdown

Sources in Zimbabwe have disclosed to Access Now that the government has ordered a three-day internet shutdown across the country, starting today.…

15 January 2019

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Freedom of Expression

ما الذي يحدث حقا في السودان؟

في ديسمبر 2018، خرج عشرات الآلاف من المتظاهرين الى الشوارع في السودان للمطالبة باستقالة الرئيس عمر حسن البشير الذي يترأس الحكم منذ حوالي 30 سنة على التوالي. وذلك بالتزامن مع إعلان الحكومة لمجموعة من الزيادات في الأسعار للتعامل مع التضخم…

11 January 2019

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Freedom of Expression

Sudan, Bangladesh, DRC, Gabon start 2019 with major digital rights violations

As the world celebrated 2019, governments shut down the internet, throttled services, and blocked social media. Here’s what happened while you were away.…

10 January 2019

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Freedom of Expression

Amid countrywide protest, Sudan shuts down social media on mobile networks

Rather than addressing the critical political and economic issues Sudan is facing, the government decided to shut down social media and introduce a state of emergency.…

21 December 2018

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Bangladesh wants to fight “fake news” during elections with internet shutdowns. We can’t let that happen.

The #KeepItOn coalition calls on government authorities in Bangladesh to keep the internet on during the election.…

21 December 2018

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Freedom of Expression

السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت

شهدت مدينة عطبرة بولاية نهر النيل بالسودان يوم الأربعاء 19 ديسمبر 2018، خروج آلاف من الجماهير احتجاجاً على الازمات الراهنة أبرزها غلاء المعيشة. على إثر ذلك شهدت السودان تضخماً على مستوى المظاهرات لتشمل وتمتد إلى العاصمة – الخرطوم – في…

21 December 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Time is up: Uganda in court over internet shutdowns that violate human rights

Uganda’s High Court in Kampala will review a legal challenge to the internet shutdowns that took place during the 2016 elections.…

8 November 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Pakistan shuts down the internet three times in one week

Regardless of the rationale for imposing these shutdowns, all three did what shutdowns do: damage human rights, put people in danger, and hurt the economy.…

6 November 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Cameroon: Never again, or again and again?

There is an ongoing human rights crisis in Cameroon. The international community must act.…

7 October 2018

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Business and Human Rights

Access Now calls on 22 major tech companies to account for their human rights practices

We’re working with Ranking Digital Rights to make sure the companies tracked in the Corporate Accountability Index respond and take steps to protect your rights.…

17 September 2018

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Freedom of Expression

العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي

السلطات العراقية تقطع الأنترنت من جديد لمدة 10 أيام بسبب الإمتحانات…

6 September 2018

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Press Releases

#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe

Blog

Zimbabwe orders a three-day, country-wide internet shutdown

Blog

ما الذي يحدث حقا في السودان؟

Blog

Amid countrywide protest, Sudan shuts down social media on mobile networks

Blog

Bangladesh wants to fight “fake news” during elections with internet shutdowns. We can’t let that happen.

Blog

السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت

Blog

Time is up: Uganda in court over internet shutdowns that violate human rights

Blog

Pakistan shuts down the internet three times in one week

Blog

Cameroon: Never again, or again and again?

Blog

Access Now calls on 22 major tech companies to account for their human rights practices

Blog

العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي

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