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We work for freedom of expression for all, from circumventing censorship, to promoting rights-respecting solutions to regulating online speech, to standing up for those who are silenced for speaking truth to power.

#FreeAlaa: You Have Not Yet Been Defeated
Despite serving a prejudiced and unfair five-year long prison sentence, British-Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer Alaa Abd El-Fattah remains unlawfully imprisoned by Egyptian authorities.
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Access Nowโs statement on Nepalโs escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown
Access Now is deeply alarmed by the government of Nepalโs violent crackdown on human rights, both online and off.

LGBTQ+ Ghanaians found freedom online – now they might lose it

Myanmarโs digital crackdown is worsening: the world is stepping back

Tell MENA authorities: #NoExamShutdown
Year after year, the MENA region has led the world in exam-related shutdowns. It’s time to take action and demand change! #NoExamShutdown

Bahrain: halt repressive amendments to the press law
Access Now calls on Bahrainโs Shura Council to reject the governmentโs proposed amendments to the Law on Press, Printing, and Publishing.

Authorities in Jordan must lift ban on news sites
All stakeholders need to work together to find long-term solutions to complex societal issues, which are based on scientific evidence, and are respectful of rights.

ูุญู ู ุณุชูุจู ุฑูู ู ุขู ู ูุญุฑ ูู ุณูุฑูุง
ุฑูุน ุงูุนููุจุงุช ุนู ุณูุฑูุง ุฎุทูุฉ ู ูู ุฉ ูุญู ุงูุชูุฏูู ุ ููู ูุง ูุฒุงู ุฃู ุงู ุงูุณูุฑููู ุงููุซูุฑ ูุจูุงุก ู ุณุชูุจู ุฑูู ู ุญุฑ ูุขู ู ูู ูุชูุญ.

Reclaiming Syriaโs digital future

CPDP must resist pressure to muzzle discussions on Palestine
Human rights NGOs and academics condemn efforts to muzzle discussion of the genocide in Gaza at the 2025 CPDP conference in Brussels.

Civil society warns of human rights risks in Mexicoโs telecom reform

Organizaciones alertan por riesgos a derechos humanos en reforma de telecomunicaciones en Mรฉxico

How Ugandaโs anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
As we mark the IDAHOBIT 2025, we highlight research on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and show how they can lead to digital entrapment and human rights violations.

#KeepItOn: ะัะตะผะปั ะดะพะปะถะตะฝ ะฒะพะทะดะตัะถะฐัััั ะพั ะพัะบะปััะตะฝะธะน ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผั ะฝะฐัะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝัั ะฟัะฐะทะดะฝะธะบะพะฒ ะธ ะผะตัะพะฟัะธััะธะน
ะะธะถะต ะฟะพะดะฟะธัะฐะฒัะธะตัั ัะตัะธัะตะปัะฝะพ ะพััะถะดะฐัั ะพัะบะปััะตะฝะธั ะธะฝัะตัะฝะตัะฐ, ะฒะฒะตะดัะฝะฝัะต ัะพััะธะนัะบะธะผะธ ะฒะปะฐัััะผะธ ะฝะฐะบะฐะฝัะฝะต ะธ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผั ะฟัะฐะทะดะฝะพะฒะฐะฝะธั 80-ะปะตัะธั ะะพะฑะตะดั ะฒะพ ะัะพัะพะน ะผะธัะพะฒะพะน ะฒะพะนะฝะต.

#KeepItOn: The Kremlin must refrain from imposing internet shutdowns during key national events
The undersigned human rights organizations call on the UK government to take immediate action to free Alaa, and save his mother’s life.

Access Now’s statement on digital censorship amid IndiaโPakistan conflict
We are alarmed by executive orders issued by the Indian government restricting access to an alarming spectrum of online content, including requiring social media platform X to block access to over 8,000 accounts, including those belonging to journalists, human rights organisations, and independent media outlets.
