Tag: United Nations
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Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online
Access Now joins a coalition of rights organizations in calling on Russia to stop blocking the encrypted messaging application Telegram, and to cease its broader attack on free expression online and the free press. …
30 April 2018
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Access Now, USC IHRC urge United Nations to take action on human rights in Cameroon
Our letter to the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urges the United Nations to address recent human rights violations committed by the Republic of Cameroon against the country’s Anglophone population.…
8 March 2018
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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