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Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!

30 Jul 2025
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Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
30 Jul 2025
Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!

8 Dec 2025

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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
8 Dec 2025
Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
Cameroon
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses

13 Jan 2026

join the international community, including the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in calling on Iran to immediately restore internet and mobile communications and in demanding accountability and transparency for the grave human rights violations documented in the country

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#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
13 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
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Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict

11 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.

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Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
11 Dec 2025
Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
South Sudan #KeepItOn
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections

12 Jan 2026

Access Now appeals to you, President Yoweri Museveni, to ensure that people in Uganda have unfettered access to the internet, digital platforms, and all other communication channels throughout the upcoming elections on January 15, 2026

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#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections
12 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections
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Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression

19 Dec 2025
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Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression
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19 Dec 2025
Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression
Online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war
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Freedom of Expression

War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights

3 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.

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War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
3 Dec 2025
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
Celebrating 10 years of Access Now Grants

Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism

24 Nov 2025

Access Now grants marks 10 years of funding digital rights activism globally, celebrating 10 extraordinary grantees.

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Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism
24 Nov 2025
Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism
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