Tag: Free Expression

Access Now calls for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor.

Today Access Now joins a coalition of rights organizations to urge the Iranian Judiciary and the Hassan Rouhani administration to restore Telegram for Iranians.

Access Now joins a coalition of rights organizations in calling on Russia to stop blocking the encrypted messaging application Telegram, and to cease its broader attack on free expression online and the free press.

Brazil joins the list of countries debating regulations to eliminate “fake news.” Dangerous proposals to censor online expression come at a terrible moment for Brazil’s democracy.

Egypt’s severe online censorship and crackdown on civil society threatens human rights during the election period.

The Minister of the Interior admits to spying on journalists’ phone calls with protesters.

In a guest post, Grace Mutung’u argues that regardless of the rationale, switching off four TV channels in Kenya is a disproportionate measure that interferes with the right to free expression.

Access Now is relieved that Kais Bouazizi has been released, but we remain deeply concerned about the fact that he was arrested in the first place, since it appeared to be in response to the publication of legitimate content on Facebook.

People who live through internet shutdowns almost never get redress for harm during the disruptions. Our intervention seeks to change that.