Advocacy & Campaigns
Gaza’s last link is gone: civil society urges immediate reversal of total communications blackout now shrouding human rights harms
Content note: The following post contains references to violence and war. This statement is written and issued in collaboration with...
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International Civil society statement: Restore Telecoms and Internet Connectivity in Gaza Now!
The MENA Alliance for Digital Rights and other civil society organizations condemn, in the strongest terms, Israel’s targeting of the means of...
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Civil Society Organizations’ Call for Tech Companies to Respect Palestinian Digital Rights in Times of Crisis
We, a collective of human rights and civil society organizations, urge tech companies to immediately take strict measures to protect...
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Letter to the UN Secretary-General Regarding the Hosting of IGF 2024 in Saudi Arabia
October 12, 2023 CC: Mr. Li Junhua of China, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Mr. Vint Cerf, IGF...
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Iraq’s elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns
No to internet shutdowns in Iraq these elections — Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition demand an open, accessible, and...
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Coalition Letter to the 48th U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on Pegasus
To Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council Re: Request for Members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to...
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The Oversight Board’s decision on Palestine is a step in the right direction, now Facebook needs to step up
We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the recent decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board on Facebook’s unjustified removal of news content related...
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Iraq is one of top countries in the world – facts on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances!
Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional,...
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The Launch of the Arab Alliance for Digital Rights
The Arab Alliance for Digital Rights (AADR) sets in motion its work to promote and defend the digital rights and...
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MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
26-July-2021 We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance...
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