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New Government in Iraq Must Address The Root Causes of Extremism Montreal 23 September 2014 By APC, ICSSI, Un Ponte Per for APCNews

Far-reaching political and social reforms are essential to confront the root causes of extremism in Iraq, Iraqi and international human rights groups said today in a joint statement.

Activists talk censorship and circumvention at Disco-tech Istanbul Johannesburg 22 September 2014 By Alexandra Groome for APCNews

On 1 September 2014, APC, Tactical Tech and Web Foundation brought together over 150 techies, human rights defenders and rights activists in Istanbul to attend the ninth Internet Governance Forum to a peer-learning event called Disco-tech.    

New APC Board of Directors elected for 2014-2016
New APC Board of Directors elected for 2014-2016 19 September 2014 By Flavia Fascendini for APCNews

On 8 June during the APC Member Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, our organisational members elected a new board of directors for the next three years. APC is proud to have a board on which the majority of directors are women and based in the global South.    

Women's rights at the 2014 IGF
Women's rights at the 2014 IGF 17 September 2014 By GenderIT.org for APCNews

Over the years, APC’s Women’s Rights Programme (WRP) has actively participated at the Internet Governance Forum in order to raise questions, issues and linkages between feminism and the internet. The participation of gender advocates in this space has grown every year and this year’s WRP deleg...

Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition alarmed at reports of violence against Leyla Yunus in prison
Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition alarmed at reports of violence against Leyla Yunus in prison 17 September 2014 By WHRD IC for APCNews

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC), of which APC is a member, is alarmed at reports of violence against Leyla Yunus in prison. Yunus has been in jail since 30 July, when she was arrested on trumped-up charges of treason and other crimes. The WHRD IC requests the trans...

APC joins statement to Human Rights Council on protection of women human rights defenders
APC joins statement to Human Rights Council on protection of women human rights defenders 17 September 2014 By WHRD IC for APCNews

APC and other member organisations of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition sent a statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s 27th session to address the fact that women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are targeted for murder, kidnapping, torture, rape and harassment because ...

Internet censorship, surveillance in Turkey tightens days after IGF concludes in Istanbul
Internet censorship, surveillance in Turkey tightens days after IGF concludes in Istanbul 16 September 2014 By ET for APCNews

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) strongly condemns the Turkish government for amending a law that tightens internet censorship. The law, which now grants the Telecommunications Directorate (TIB) extensive powers to block access to websites without a court order, comes on the heel...

Joint civil society statement on privacy in the digital age
Joint civil society statement on privacy in the digital age 15 September 2014 By APCNews

APC endorses statement submitted by Human Rights Watch at the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 11 September 2014.

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