From November 11 to 14, 2018, Paris will be the world center for discussions on the digital transformation, during the Paris Digital Week. Three events will mark this week: The Paris Peace Forum, the Internet Governance Forum, and the Gov Tech Summit. Internet Without Borders believes that an Internet centered on the respect of humans
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The Gambia: Ten-year fight for freedom bore results for journalists
By Sanna Camara In February 2017, Lamin Fatty was among a dozen other journalists who crossed the border to return back home, with high hopes for freedom and reforms in the new Gambia, after a 10-year exile in Senegal. On the 9th May 2018, Fatty displayed uncertainty in his eyes and voice for the first
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
Private Sector fails to protect online freedom of expression, UN report finds
As digital access is growing, slowly but surely, worldwide, Human rights online have never been so much at risk. In the week of May 29 to June 2, 2017 only, Internet Without Borders reported a new Internet shutdown in Ethiopia, website blocking (fr) in Egypt, whatsapp users arrested in Senegal (fr) for sharing a caricature
Internet Restored In Cameroon: A Victory For Citizens, But Vigilance Remains
Paris April 21, 2017 – Internet Without Borders welcomes with relief the news on the restoration of Internet connectivity in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, ordered by the President of the Republic, Paul Biya, on April 20, 2017. Since January 17, 2017, 20 percent of the population of this country bordering
Responsibility of Telcos In Pushing Back On Internet Shutdown in Cameroon
On February 15, 2017, Access Now, Internet Sans Frontières, and more than 20 civil society organizations, based in Cameroon and elsewhere in the world, addressed a letter to CEOs of MTN Cameroon, NextTel, and Orange Cameroon, the main private operators of Cameroon. On January 17, 2017, these companies were ordered to cut Internet access in