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APC statement on the Global Conference on Cyberspace, The Hague, 16-17 April 2015 20 May 2015 APC

We encourage the Global Conference of Cyberspace organisers to work closely with civil society groups and human rights defenders in the preparations for the event and to take local challenges fully into account, such as the hostile online environment that many journalists and human and women̵...

Joint Statement on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 Pakistan 07 May 2015 Bytes for All Pakistan

ARTICLE 19, the Association for Progressive Communications, Human Rights Watch, Privacy International, Digital Rights Foundation and others are seriously concerned by the proposed Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PEC) Bill in Pakistan. The bill introduces a series of new provisions that pose a gr...

Statement on the occasion of the 18th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Statement on the occasion of the 18th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development 06 May 2015 International Federation of Library Associations, Internet Democracy Project, and Association for Progressive Communications

As civil society organisations, we remain strongly committed to the central WSIS goal of a “people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to...

Joint letter of concern on the declining standards of freedom of expression in Malaysia
Joint letter of concern on the declining standards of freedom of expression in Malaysia 23 April 2015 APC

We would like to express our concern on the declining standards of freedom of expression in Malaysia and the recent amendments introduced to the Sedition Act. The amendments also threaten freedom of expression online.

Unlocking broadband for all: Broadband infrastructure sharing policies and strategies in emerging markets
Unlocking broadband for all: Broadband infrastructure sharing policies and strategies in emerging markets 20 April 2015

In the quest for universal access, this study shows that the cost of network deployment can be dramatically reduced if operators collaborate with each other in deploying fibre optic backbones or masts for wireless broadband. The report points out that even greater savings can be made if other uti...

WHRDIC urges Chinese authorities to release five young feminists
WHRDIC urges Chinese authorities to release five young feminists 10 April 2015 WHRDIC

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) calls on Wang Xiaohong, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to immediately and unconditionally ensure the release of the five young women human rights defenders w...

Criteria for the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
Criteria for the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy 09 April 2015 APC

APC, together with Privacy International, Access, the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the International Commission of Jurists, have developed a checklist with qualifications we believe that candidates for the new position of U...

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