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Marwa Fatafta

MENA Policy and Advocacy Director

Marwa leads Access Now’s policy and advocacy work on digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Her work spans a number of issues at the nexus of human rights and technology including content governance and platform accountability, online censorship, digital surveillance, and transnational repression. She has written extensively on the digital occupation in Palestine and focuses on the role of new technologies in armed conflicts and humanitarian contexts and their impact on historically marginalized and oppressed communities. Marwa is a Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, an advisory board member of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, and an advisory committee member for Bread&Net. Marwa was a Fulbright scholar in the US and holds an MA in International Relations from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. She holds a second MA in Development and Governance from the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Facing the consequences: Access Now welcomes legal action against NSO Group

5 Apr 2022

Access Now welcomes a lawsuit filed against NSO Group for facilitating unlawful surveillance of French-Palestinian human rights defender, Salah Hammour.

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Facing the consequences: Access Now welcomes legal action against NSO Group
5 Apr 2022
Facing the consequences: Access Now welcomes legal action against NSO Group
internet shutdown #KeepItOn

تونس: النفاذ إلى شبكات الاتصال و تطبيقات التواصل عن بعد حق دستوري

31 Mar 2022

نعبر رفقة عدد من الجمعيات والمنظمات التونسية والدولية قلقنا حول ما تم تداوله عن تعطيل خدمات تطبيقات التواصل في تونس.

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تونس: النفاذ إلى شبكات الاتصال و تطبيقات التواصل عن بعد حق دستوري
31 Mar 2022
تونس: النفاذ إلى شبكات الاتصال و تطبيقات التواصل عن بعد حق دستوري
internet shutdown #KeepItOn

Tunisia: Access to online conferencing platforms and networks is a constitutional right

31 Mar 2022

Access Now joins civil society organizations in calling for safe and open access to online conferencing platforms in Tunisia.

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Tunisia: Access to online conferencing platforms and networks is a constitutional right
31 Mar 2022
Tunisia: Access to online conferencing platforms and networks is a constitutional right
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Social media companies must take urgent action to protect Libyan human rights defenders

22 Mar 2022

Access Now joins a coalition of human rights organizations in calling on social media companies to ensure the protection of human rights defenders in Libya.

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Social media companies must take urgent action to protect Libyan human rights defenders
22 Mar 2022
Social media companies must take urgent action to protect Libyan human rights defenders
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ایران- هشدار جمعی از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری درباره‌ی طرح صیانت

17 Mar 2022

ما، جمعی از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری و نهادهای جامعه‌ی مدنی، با امضای این بیانیه نگرانی عمیق خود از تلاش مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران برای تصویب کلیات «طرح نظام تنظیم مقررات خدمات فضای مجازی» که در نسخه‌های پیشین‌اش طرح «صیانت از حقوق کاربران در فضای مجازی و ساماندهی پیام‌رسان‌های اجتماعی» نامیده شده بود («طرح صیانت») اعلام می‌کنیم.

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ایران- هشدار جمعی از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری درباره‌ی طرح صیانت
17 Mar 2022
ایران- هشدار جمعی از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری درباره‌ی طرح صیانت
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Iran: Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill 

17 Mar 2022

Access Now and international civil society organizations urge Iranian authorities to promote human rights, and immediately withdraw the draconian “Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill.”

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Iran: Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill 
17 Mar 2022
Iran: Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill 
India fake news

Il faut faire barrage aux restrictions imminentes qui menacent la société civile Tunisienne

11 Mar 2022

Access Now rejoint 12 organisations tunisiennes et internationales de défense des droits humains pour appeler les autorités tunisiennes à renoncer les nouvelles restrictions aux organisations de la société civile tunisienne.

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Il faut faire barrage aux restrictions imminentes qui menacent la société civile Tunisienne
11 Mar 2022
Il faut faire barrage aux restrictions imminentes qui menacent la société civile Tunisienne
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أوقفوا القيود الوشيكة على المجتمع المدني التونسي

11 Mar 2022

تضم أكساس ناو صوتها الى 12 منظمة حقوقية تونسية في مطالبة السلطات التونسية بالتخلّي فورا عن خططها لفرض قيود جديدة على منظمات المجتمع المدني التونسي.

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أوقفوا القيود الوشيكة على المجتمع المدني التونسي
11 Mar 2022
أوقفوا القيود الوشيكة على المجتمع المدني التونسي
India fake news

Looming curbs on Tunisian civil society must be stopped

11 Mar 2022

Access Now joins 12 human rights groups in calling on authorities to immediately scrap plans for new restrictions on Tunisian civil society organizations.

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Looming curbs on Tunisian civil society must be stopped
11 Mar 2022
Looming curbs on Tunisian civil society must be stopped
International Women's Day

What is doxxing, and how does it endanger women?

7 Mar 2022

This International Women’s Day, we’re telling platforms like Telegram, Twitch, and Meta to take women’s safety seriously.

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What is doxxing, and how does it endanger women?
7 Mar 2022
What is doxxing, and how does it endanger women?