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UPR: Universal Periodic Review

Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.

10 Sep 2020

When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change.

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Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
10 Sep 2020
Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
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Nauru in hot seat as U.N. decries internet blocking, clampdown on free expression

3 Nov 2015

Today countries around the world urged the small island state of Nauru to restore access to social media and support free expression. Delivered in a session at the United Nations Human Rights Council, the recommendations — presented by official delegations from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Timor Leste, among others — represent a sharp rebuke after Nauru clamped down on free expression over the past year, including blocking Facebook. In a separate action, Access Now delivered a petition to the government of Nauru signed by more than 5,000 people calling on the government to restore full access to the internet.

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Nauru in hot seat as U.N. decries internet blocking, clampdown on free expression
3 Nov 2015
Nauru in hot seat as U.N. decries internet blocking, clampdown on free expression
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Rights coalition to island nation of Nauru: the world is watching

26 May 2015

The island nation of Nauru may be tiny — it’s only 21 square kilometers (8.5 square miles) — but what is happening there matters to people around the world. Today, Access and a coalition of international organizations sent a letter calling for the government to stop blocking internet services and to repeal a dangerous new criminal law that restricts free expression.

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Rights coalition to island nation of Nauru: the world is watching
26 May 2015
Rights coalition to island nation of Nauru: the world is watching
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International community presses island nation of Nauru on free expression, internet blocking

26 May 2015

Human rights concerns raised by restrictive new criminal law and treatment of asylum seekers

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International community presses island nation of Nauru on free expression, internet blocking
26 May 2015
International community presses island nation of Nauru on free expression, internet blocking
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Why what happens on the little island of Nauru should matter to the whole world

21 May 2015

The island nation of Nauru may be tiny — only 21 square kilometers (8.5 square miles) — but what is happening there should reverberate around the world. Over the past few weeks, the government of Nauru has imposed an internet shutdown, blocking people from using certain sites on the pretext of protecting them from online pornography. At the same time, it has passed a dangerous new provision in its criminal code that could restrict free expression. These developments are putting people who care about human rights on high alert.

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Why what happens on the little island of Nauru should matter to the whole world
21 May 2015
Why what happens on the little island of Nauru should matter to the whole world
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Why is a tiny island nation facing an internet shutdown?

14 May 2015

Internet censorship in Nauru could lead to other human rights abuses.

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Why is a tiny island nation facing an internet shutdown?
14 May 2015
Why is a tiny island nation facing an internet shutdown?