PARIS, April 28, 2019 Internet Without Borders strongly condemns the ongoing Internet blackout in Benin, as citizens are electing Members of Parliament this 28, April 2019. Sources in Benin and technical measurements by Netblocks have confirmed that social media, messaging apps, and now the whole Internet are currently cut off in the country. This censorship,
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EU Calls On Mali to Protect Access To Social Media During Election
Paris, August 8, 2018 – Internet Without Borders welcomes the position of EU’s Election Observation Mission in Mali in favor of freedom of expression. The mission, led by former Italian Minister Cécile Kyenge, calls on the “Malian authorities to guarantee unhindered access to the Internet and social networks”, in a statement issued on August 7,
Video testimonials: Life without Internet in Chad
Internet Without Borders is still concerned about the current Internet shutdown in Chad. The country’s authorities continue to suspend the population’s access to the main communication services: Viber, Whatsapp, and Facebook. So far, the two main telephone operators Airtel and Tigo evoke, laconic, “technical reasons”. Nevertheless, the correlation between the times of shutdowns and the
The DRC should respect its commitments by stopping Internet shutdowns
Goma, January 21, 2018 – The blogging community of Goma, BloGoma, Internet Without Borders and the pan-African network of web activists for democracy Africtivistes condemn with the last energy the Internet shutdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which began this 21 January 2018 shortly before one o’clock a.m. By shutting down the Internet once
One year of #BringbackourInternet: Six Months of Internet Shutdowns for Citizens of English-speaking Cameroon!
Paris – January 18, 2018 On January 17, 2017, the Cameroonian government imposed an internet shutdown on North-west and South-west regions of the country. During a Facebook Live Chat organised to mark this one year anniversary, Internet Without Borders reminded that citizens of anglophone regions have spent more than 6 months with social media and
Cameroon: Internet freedoms and democracy activist Patrice Nganang is Free!
Internet Sans Frontières welcomes the release of Cameroonian writer and activist Patrice Nganang. This professor and author of “Temps de Chien”, which received the grand prix littéraire d’Afrique noire and the prix Marguerite Yourcenar, denounced the ongoing repression in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where access to the Internet has been severely disrupted for 3
New Internet shutdown ordered in Cameroon
Paris October 2, 2017 The Cameroonian government has again ordered Internet service providers to shutdown the Internet in the Anglophone regions of the country on Sunday 1 October 2017, and the blocking of social networks in French-speaking regions. “This Monday, October 2, access to key messaging services such as Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger is
Access to information: The worrying case of Cameroon submitted to the UN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paris, 28 September 2017 – The right to access to information is under threat in Cameroon, according to a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee by NGOs Internet Without Borders and Access Now. In 2017, Cameroon joined the growing list of African countries, which shutdown the Internet to their citizens.
Accès à l’information : Le Cas inquiétant du Cameroun soumis à l’ONU
POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE Paris, le 28 septembre 2017 Le droit d’accès à l’information est menacé au Cameroun, selon un rapport soumis au Comité des droits l’homme de l’ONU par les ONG Internet Sans Frontières et Access Now. En 2017, le Cameroun a rejoint la liste de plus en plus longue de pays africains qui coupent
Retour d’Internet au Togo après 6 jours d’interruption volontaire
Les autorités au Togo ont restauré la connectivité sur Internet mobile presque une semaine après une interruption sur ordre du gouvernement. Cette interruption faisait suite aux manifestations de l’opposition dans ce pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest qui exige la démission du Président en exercice, Faure Gnassingbe. Des perturbations sur le réseau Internet local ont