APC consults on guidance to protect human rights in the ICT sector
Author's name: shawna Canada As part of its work with the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), APC’s Connect Your Rights! project participated in the consultation process for the...
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Freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association and the internet
AuthorAlex ComninosPublication abstractDemonstrations in the middle-east and student protests in Chile or Quebec have shown that the internet can augment the capacity of citizens to form associations...
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Azerbaijan: Q&A on Human Rights and the Internet
BAKU13 August 2012 (FD for APCNews)APCNews has interviewed Rebecca Vincent, a human rights consultant who is currently working with ARTICLE 19 to coordinate the International Partnership Group for...
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How the internet impacts human rights
MONTREAL28 August 2012 (FD for APCNews)Human rights play out differently on the streets than on the internet. This has been true for years, but today in age, not only are ‘internet rights’ are being...
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Focus on internet and human rights in Azerbaijan: Interview with Vugar Gojayev
BAKU8 October 2012 (Alan Finlay for APCNews)Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011, government has shown much desire to regulate the internet. The uprising in the Guba district in March 2012 has...
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Update on internet rights: Special GISWatch 2011 edition
MONTREAL16 October 2012 (Mallory Knodel for APCNews)This special edition of Global Information Society Watch 2011, “Internet rights and democratisation: focus on freedom of expression and association...
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New publication: Infographic in Portuguese on the impact of the internet and...
BERLIN30 October 2012 (FD for APCNews)The Association for Progressive Communications has started a project called Connect Your Rights! in early 2011. Meant to make the links between fundamental human...
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Freedom of expression and women human rights defenders in Costa Rica,...
TEGUCIGALPA7 November 2012 (Daysi Flores for GenderIT)GenderIT.org contributor Daysi Flores looks at a number of new cybercrime laws in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala that pose a threat to online...
View ArticleAPC submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of...
AuthorHenrik Almstrom & Joy Liddicoat Publication abstractSubmission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association by Association for...
View ArticleSyria's internet shutdown violates international human rights law
30 November 2012 (APCNews)At 10:26 UTC on November 29th, Syria’s international internet connectivity was shut down. APC strongly condemns this shut down, which threatens the safety and security of the...
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Azerbaijan: Prominent blogger, journalist and human rights defenders arrested
BAKU30 January 2013 (Human Rights House)Just months after the Internet Governance Forum, hundreds of people have demonstrated in Azerbaijan’s capital to express solidarity with recent protests in the...
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'Human rights and the internet' multimedia training kit released
BERLIN8 April 2013 (APC)APC presents a Multimedia training kit on human rights and the internet, a set of modules concerned with the relationship between human rights, information and communications...
View ArticleUnderstanding impact: An Internet Rights Are Human Rights training curriculum...
Author's name: Shawna Bogotá, Colombia Increasingly the internet is being viewed in the context of a global public good– that access to information can be a liberator and equaliser.While it is a...
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Take Back the Tech: State surveillance violates our human rights, weakens...
Author's name: Shawna Finnegan This post is part of the Take Back The Tech campaign: Day 13 – State SurveillanceHow do you define security? Can it be weighed against the right to privacy? What other...
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Job opportunity: Internet rights outreach and capacity-building coordinator...
19 February 2014 (SF for APCNews)APC is seeking an outreach and capacity building coordinator to join its policy to coordinate its internet rights networking and capacity-building work with women’s and...
View ArticleUN expert urges Pakistan to ensure protection of freedom of expression in...
Story details Statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye External URL:...
View ArticleCrackdown on Bersih 2.0: APC condemns relentless attacks on freedom of...
AuthorAPCPublication abstractPublisherCity of publicationPublication dateNov 2016Externalwhats_hot
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Shrinking Spaces: Online Freedom of Assembly and of Association in Pakistan
AuthorBytes for All, PakistanPublication abstractPublisherAPCCity of publicationPublication dateJan 2017Externalwhats_hot
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Groundbreaking report on the shrinking spaces for online freedom of assembly...
11 January 2017 (APC for APCNews) Bytes for All, Pakistan has launched a new report that focuses on local and international advocacy initiatives to improve Pakistan’s compliance with international...
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