Tag: Access to information

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are calling on authorities to ensure the internet is open and accessible during the Benin and Chad elections.

Update: February 4, 2021 — As the #FarmersProtest across India continues to grow, the wave of online censorship has accelerated across the country.

On the eve of the 2021 presidential election in Uganda, the government ordered a complete internet shutdown. Voters headed out to the polls with no methods of online communication or tools to access information about the election process or outcome. 

The government of Myanmar has a long history of implementing targeted internet shutdowns, slowdowns, and throttling. With the country’s federal election scheduled for November 8, Access Now calls for stable and open internet and digital communication channels across all states.

Alors que les coupures d’Internet continuent de nuire à la démocratie dans la région – en particulier lors d’événements nationaux – la société civile appelle le gouvernement et les fournisseurs de services Internet à continuer d’investir dans un accès Internet ouvert, libre et sécurisé pendant toute la durée de la période électorale et au-delà. 

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition denounce the Tanzania government’s repressive measures to stifle fundamental rights and freedoms, and call on telecommunication service providers to keep people online in the build up to tomorrow’s presidential elections. 

As Nigeria protests, it is imperative that President Muhammadu Buhari ensures stable, open access to the internet and digital communication channels throughout the nation.

Shutting down the internet to prevent cheating on exams is not efficient or effective. Rather, shutdowns hurt human rights, disrupt public affairs, and cause huge financial losses that compound the longer the shutdown lasts.

Access Now and 320 other NGOs and civil society actors, call on U.N. bodies to take immediate action, and put an end to China’s rampant human rights violations.