Tag: United Nations Human Rights Council
Internet rights in focus: 38th session of the Human Rights Council
Our joint review with APC of the internet and human rights issues at stake in the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, June 18-July 6
Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online
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.
Defending the right to privacy globally: 8 key recommendations for the digital age
Our submission to the United Nations on “the right to privacy in the digital age” details ways that governments can protect this fundamental right.
Watching what governments do, not what they say: digital rights at the United Nations
Our submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Council provide evidence of digital rights abuse in Chad, Central African Republic, China, Mexico, and Jordan.
In Egypt, expressing your sexuality online makes you a target for human rights abuse. That has to stop.
Authorities in Egypt are cracking down on the LGBTQI community, including online attacks that lead to arrest and torture. We must defend their fundamental rights.
United Nations urged to intervene in Cameroon to stop the violence and internet shutdowns
Access to information: The worrying case of Cameroon submitted to the U.N.
Access Now and Internet Without Borders today submitted a briefing on Cameroon to the United Nations.
Democratic Republic of Congo orders telco Orange to slow internet capacity
Internet shutdowns of all kinds interfere with fundamental rights. We call on the government to cease the slowdown, and urge Orange Cameroon to push back.
Access Now at the United Nations: spyware in UAE, surveillance in France, and shutdowns in Africa
Read our submissions to the United Nations on digital rights in Israel, the UAE, France, Burundi, and Mali.
United Nations event to explore ways to stop internet shutdowns
The side-event at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council will feature David Kaye, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Expression and Opinion.