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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.

Law on the protection of national symbols: a threat to freedom of expression on social networks in Mauritania

2 Dec 2021

The new law on the protection of national symbols is a threat to freedom of expression on social networks in Mauritania.

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Law on the protection of national symbols: a threat to freedom of expression on social networks in Mauritania
2 Dec 2021
Law on the protection of national symbols: a threat to freedom of expression on social networks in Mauritania

Loi sur la protection des symboles nationaux: une menace pour la liberté d’expression sur les réseaux sociaux en Mauritanie

2 Dec 2021

La nouvelle loi sur la protection des symboles nationaux est une menace pour la liberté d’expression sur les réseaux sociaux en Mauritanie.

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Loi sur la protection des symboles nationaux: une menace pour la liberté d’expression sur les réseaux sociaux en Mauritanie
2 Dec 2021
Loi sur la protection des symboles nationaux: une menace pour la liberté d’expression sur les réseaux sociaux en Mauritanie
internet shutdown

تواصل عمليات حجب وتعطيل الإنترنت لإخفاء انتهاكات الانقلاب العسكري في السودان

1 Dec 2021
Press Release
تواصل عمليات حجب وتعطيل الإنترنت لإخفاء انتهاكات الانقلاب العسكري في السودان
1 Dec 2021
تواصل عمليات حجب وتعطيل الإنترنت لإخفاء انتهاكات الانقلاب العسكري في السودان
internet shutdown

Internet shutdowns and blockings continue to hide atrocities of military coup in Sudan

23 Nov 2021

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are again calling on authorities in Sudan to immediately restore full access to the internet and all communication services.

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Internet shutdowns and blockings continue to hide atrocities of military coup in Sudan
23 Nov 2021
Internet shutdowns and blockings continue to hide atrocities of military coup in Sudan
ヨルダン国王への公開書簡

Human rights organizations call on Libyan authorities to rescind the new cybercrime law

10 Nov 2021

We, along with a coalition of civil society organisations, call upon Libyan authorities to rescind the cybercrime law recently adopted by the Libyan House of Representatives.

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Human rights organizations call on Libyan authorities to rescind the new cybercrime law
10 Nov 2021
Human rights organizations call on Libyan authorities to rescind the new cybercrime law
ヨルダン国王への公開書簡

Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship

10 Nov 2021

Libya has just adopted a dangerous new cybercrime law that stifles freedom of expression.

Press Release
Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship
10 Nov 2021
Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship
ヨルダン国王への公開書簡

منظمات حقوقية تطالب السلطات الليبية بسحب قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية الجديد

10 Nov 2021
Press Release
منظمات حقوقية تطالب السلطات الليبية بسحب قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية الجديد
10 Nov 2021
منظمات حقوقية تطالب السلطات الليبية بسحب قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية الجديد
ヨルダン国王への公開書簡

قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية في ليبيا: تهديد لحرية التعبير وتقنين للرقابة الشاملة والحجب

10 Nov 2021
Press Release
قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية في ليبيا: تهديد لحرية التعبير وتقنين للرقابة الشاملة والحجب
10 Nov 2021
قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية في ليبيا: تهديد لحرية التعبير وتقنين للرقابة الشاملة والحجب

NSO’s Pegasus surveilled Palestinian activists — it’s time for a moratorium on spyware sales

8 Nov 2021

Access Now condemns the hacking of six Palestinian human rights defenders’ devices with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.

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NSO’s Pegasus surveilled Palestinian activists — it’s time for a moratorium on spyware sales
8 Nov 2021
NSO’s Pegasus surveilled Palestinian activists — it’s time for a moratorium on spyware sales

Membership Application for MENA Coalition to Combat Surveillance | استمارة عضوية لتحالف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا لمكافحة المراقبة الإلكترونية

26 Aug 2021

This short (5-minute) application is to express your interest in joining the MENA Coalition to Combat Surveillance (MCCS).

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Membership Application for MENA Coalition to Combat Surveillance | استمارة عضوية لتحالف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا لمكافحة المراقبة الإلكترونية
26 Aug 2021
Membership Application for MENA Coalition to Combat Surveillance | استمارة عضوية لتحالف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا لمكافحة المراقبة الإلكترونية