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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.

Regulating digital platforms

UNESCO’s guidelines for regulating digital platforms must center human rights for everyone, everywhere

21 Feb 2023
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UNESCO’s guidelines for regulating digital platforms must center human rights for everyone, everywhere
21 Feb 2023
UNESCO’s guidelines for regulating digital platforms must center human rights for everyone, everywhere
internet shutdown #KeepItOn

People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq

7 Feb 2023

Authorities in Iraq must immediately reinstate full internet access — including social media — across the nation. #KeepItOn

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People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq
7 Feb 2023
People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq
India fake news

المملكة العربية السعودية: دعوة لإطلاق سراح اثنين من الويكيبيديين السعوديين

18 Jan 2023

تطالب منظمات المجتمع المدني بالإطلاق الفوري لسراح الطبيبين والناشطين السعوديين اللذين تم توقيفهما عام 2020 بسبب تحريرهما لويكيبيديا.

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المملكة العربية السعودية: دعوة لإطلاق سراح اثنين من الويكيبيديين السعوديين
18 Jan 2023
المملكة العربية السعودية: دعوة لإطلاق سراح اثنين من الويكيبيديين السعوديين
India fake news

Saudi Arabia: Call for release of two Saudi Wikipedians

18 Jan 2023

Civil Society calls for the immediate release of two Saudi doctors and internet activists arrested in 2020 for their online activism on Wikipedia.

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Saudi Arabia: Call for release of two Saudi Wikipedians
18 Jan 2023
Saudi Arabia: Call for release of two Saudi Wikipedians
India fake news

#FreeSherifOsman: UAE must not extradite political commentator to Egypt, where he would face torture

19 Dec 2022

Access Now joins human rights groups in urging the UAE to refrain from extraditing political commentator Sherif Osman to Egypt, where he could face torture.

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#FreeSherifOsman: UAE must not extradite political commentator to Egypt, where he would face torture
19 Dec 2022
#FreeSherifOsman: UAE must not extradite political commentator to Egypt, where he would face torture
India fake news

ينبغي على الإمارات عدم تسليم الناقد السياسي شريف عثمان إلى مصر حيث يواجه خطر التعرض للتعذيب

19 Dec 2022

تضم أكساس ناو صوتها إلى صوت المنظمات الحقوقية في حث الإمارات على عدم ترحيل المعلق السياسي شريف عثمان إلى مصر ، حيث سيكون عرضة لخطر التعرض للتعذيب.

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ينبغي على الإمارات عدم تسليم الناقد السياسي شريف عثمان إلى مصر حيث يواجه خطر التعرض للتعذيب
19 Dec 2022
ينبغي على الإمارات عدم تسليم الناقد السياسي شريف عثمان إلى مصر حيث يواجه خطر التعرض للتعذيب

Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa

7 Dec 2022

Access Now supports the European Ombudsman’s findings that the EU failed to ensure the protection of human rights in the transfers of technology with potential surveillance capacity via the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

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Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa
7 Dec 2022
Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa
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رسالة مفتوحة: قمع مستمر لموظفي المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية

30 Nov 2022

تضم أكساس ناو صوتها إلى الأصوات المنادية بالدعوة الى وضع حد للتدابير التقييدية والتعسفية المفروضة على أعضاء المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية.

Press Release
رسالة مفتوحة: قمع مستمر لموظفي المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
30 Nov 2022
رسالة مفتوحة: قمع مستمر لموظفي المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
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Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff

30 Nov 2022

Access Now joins civil society in calling for an end to the abusive measures imposed on members of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

Press Release
Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff
30 Nov 2022
Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff
Regulating digital platforms

Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights

29 Nov 2022

The “Declaration for content and platform governance principles in times of crisis” lays out principles for social media platforms to help ensure privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information during crises.

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Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights
29 Nov 2022
Content governance in times of crisis: how platforms can protect human rights