Tag: United Nations Human Rights Council

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Watching what governments do, not what they say: digital rights at the United Nations

Our submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Council provide evidence of digital rights abuse in Chad, Central African Republic, China, Mexico, and Jordan.…
11 April 2018

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Freedom of Expression

In Egypt, expressing your sexuality online makes you a target for human rights abuse. That has to stop.

Authorities in Egypt are cracking down on the LGBTQI community, including online attacks that lead to arrest and torture. We must defend their fundamental rights.…
9 November 2017

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Freedom of Expression

United Nations urged to intervene in Cameroon to stop the violence and internet shutdowns

The Cameroon government has again issued orders to block access to the entire internet in Anglophone regions of the country, this time in the lead up to Oct. 1, 2017, a day for planned demonstrations in those regions. On Oct.…
6 October 2017

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Access to information: The worrying case of Cameroon submitted to the U.N.

Access Now and Internet Without Borders today submitted a briefing on Cameroon to the United Nations.…
28 September 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Democratic Republic of Congo orders telco Orange to slow internet capacity

Internet shutdowns of all kinds interfere with fundamental rights. We call on the government to cease the slowdown, and urge Orange Cameroon to push back. …
11 August 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Access Now at the United Nations: spyware in UAE, surveillance in France, and shutdowns in Africa

Read our submissions to the United Nations on digital rights in Israel, the UAE, France, Burundi, and Mali.…
14 July 2017

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

United Nations event to explore ways to stop internet shutdowns

The side-event at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council will feature David Kaye, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Expression and Opinion.…
8 June 2017

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Business and Human Rights

Internet shutdowns, gender, Net Neutrality, and more at the United Nations

Your guide to the digital rights issues under discussion at the 35th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council.…
6 June 2017

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Freedom of Expression

RightsCon dispatch: Five steps to a rights-respecting digital policy in Europe

Access Now’s Brett Solomon details ways Europe can ensure that foreign policy supports digital rights.…
31 March 2017

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Privacy

Your digital rights at the United Nations: Human Rights Council 34th session

Your guide to the digital rights issues under discussion at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.…
27 February 2017

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Business and Human Rights

New U.S. plan for responsible business conduct takes baby steps toward digital rights

The U.S. “NAP” addresses human rights issues in the ICT sector, but it doesn’t go far enough.…
30 January 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Jordan is arresting people for criticizing the government on social media

The government is using terrorism as an excuse to clamp down on human rights. This has to stop.…
26 January 2017