Tag: #KeepItOn
السودان: احتجاجات ضد غلاء المعيشة وتعتيم السلطّات بقطع الإنترنت
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.
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.
Cameroon: Never again, or again and again?
There is an ongoing human rights crisis in Cameroon. The international community must act.
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.
العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي
السلطات العراقية تقطع الأنترنت من جديد لمدة 10 أيام بسبب الإمتحانات
Iraq imposes internet “curfew” for school exams, but says it has no intention to cut internet
Iraq is imposing curfew-style internet shutdowns, where the internet is shut down repeatedly, routinely blacking out online communications on an ongoing basis.
Open letter to Michelle Bachelet, new High Commissioner for Human Rights
We identify six areas for digital rights in which the new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights could have a key and definitive voice during her tenure.
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.
Access Now files new legal intervention in Cameroon against shutdowns
Access Now is supporting plaintiffs in Cameroon, who are challenging the government’s decision to shut down the internet in Anglophone regions of the country. The blocks harmed the human rights of millions, and stand in violation of international law.