Tag: Saudi Arabia
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What spy firm Cellebrite can’t hide from investors
Cellebrite could soon get a greenlight to go public, rewarding its facilitation of human rights abuses across the globe with more power and money. We map these abuses, show how Cellebrite’s human rights compliance has failed, and urge investors to require the company to improve its compliance or lose the deal.…
26 May 2021
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Saudi’s human rights track record says it all: Google must halt plans to open cloud in Kingdom
Access Now is urging Google to immediately halt their plans to establish a cloud region in Saudi Arabia until it outlines clear steps for how it intends to mitigate adverse human rights impacts. …
26 May 2021
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No to the new Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia: Access Now, CIPPIC flag serious human rights concerns
Access Now and CIPPIC are calling on Google to immediately halt plans to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia — a country with an appalling human rights record.…
3 February 2021
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عامين على مقتل خاشقجي، لم تخضع حتى الآن شركة برامج التجسس ولا الحكومة السعودية للمساءلة
يصادف يوم الجمعة 2 أكتوبر ذكرى مرور سنتين على مصرع جمال خاشقجي الصحافي السعودي والنقاد البارز للنظام السعودي، بعد أن قُتل بوحشية داخل قنصلية المملكة السعودية في إسطنبول على يد مجموعة من الأعوان السعوديين. منذ ذلك الحين، أشار تقرير الأمم…
20 October 2020
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Two years after Khashoggi’s slaying, no accountability for spyware firm or Saudi government
Friday marks two years since Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was brutally murdered after being surveilled using NSO Group technology. The company has yet to be held to account.…
1 October 2020
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COVID-19 contact-tracing apps in MENA: a privacy nightmare
At the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a number of countries in the MENA region turned to technology to help track and prevent the spread of the virus, using apps, drones, and even robots to monitor the movement of citizens under quarantine.…
18 June 2020
Press Releases
Access Now announces 2018 Villains of Human Rights
Our Villain Awards aim to shine light on the impact that the decisions of those in powerful positions can have on ordinary people, naming those who have had an especially harmful impact on human rights, and in particular on privacy and secure communications. …
19 July 2019
