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Diputados analizaron el marco de plataformas digitales para una internet “libre y abierta”

7 Sep 2020
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Diputados analizaron el marco de plataformas digitales para una internet “libre y abierta”
7 Sep 2020
Diputados analizaron el marco de plataformas digitales para una internet “libre y abierta”
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Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha

2 Sep 2020

The Myanmar authorities should immediately drop the charge against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha.

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Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
2 Sep 2020
Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access

1 Sep 2020

Lawmakers must reject a bill to give the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones — a lifeline of information, communication, and documentation — from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention.

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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
1 Sep 2020
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access

Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown

20 Aug 2020

Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing “unlawful” protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states.

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Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown
20 Aug 2020
Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown

#IWantALetter: Take action to demand that Egyptian authorities provide information updates on their response to the pandemic in prisons

12 Aug 2020
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#IWantALetter: Take action to demand that Egyptian authorities provide information updates on their response to the pandemic in prisons
12 Aug 2020
#IWantALetter: Take action to demand that Egyptian authorities provide information updates on their response to the pandemic in prisons
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Kill Switch: a new internet shutdowns podcast from Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition

27 Jul 2020

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition is launching Kill Switch, a six-part podcast series exploring the devastating impact of internet shutdowns on the human rights of people affected by this extraordinary form of anti-democratic oppression.

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Kill Switch: a new internet shutdowns podcast from Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition
27 Jul 2020
Kill Switch: a new internet shutdowns podcast from Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition

ECOWAS Togo court decision: Internet access is a right that requires protection of the law

14 Jul 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court has issued a pivotal decision for the right of freedom of expression in Togo and other West African States.

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ECOWAS Togo court decision: Internet access is a right that requires protection of the law
14 Jul 2020
ECOWAS Togo court decision: Internet access is a right that requires protection of the law

Ethiopia’s internet shutdown is silencing migrant workers stranded in Lebanon

8 Jul 2020
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Ethiopia’s internet shutdown is silencing migrant workers stranded in Lebanon
8 Jul 2020
Ethiopia’s internet shutdown is silencing migrant workers stranded in Lebanon
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#KeepItOn: The Ethiopian government must end internet shutdowns to quell protests

2 Jul 2020

The Ethiopian government must pledge to stop imposing internet shutdowns. They are never an appropriate response to protests and unrest.

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#KeepItOn: The Ethiopian government must end internet shutdowns to quell protests
2 Jul 2020
#KeepItOn: The Ethiopian government must end internet shutdowns to quell protests

U.S., EU Advocacy Groups Warn Against Google’s Purchase of Fitbit

2 Jul 2020
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U.S., EU Advocacy Groups Warn Against Google’s Purchase of Fitbit
2 Jul 2020
U.S., EU Advocacy Groups Warn Against Google’s Purchase of Fitbit