Featured Case Study: Senegal: Challenging Internet Shutdowns
Media Defence and the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School have filed a lawsuit before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) challenging the Senegalese government’s shutdown of the Internet in June, July, and August of 2023. The case is brought on behalf of AfricTivistes, a pan-African civil society organisation registered in Senegal that seeks to protect democracy and human rights, and Senegalese journalists, Moussa Ngom and Ayoba Faye. The case argues that Senegal’s Internet restrictions breached the applicants’ right to freedom of expression as well as the journalists’ right to work, while significantly stifling media freedom and free expression in Senegal.
Case Studies
Senegal: Media Defence and SLS’s Rule of Law Impact Lab File Case Before ECOWAS Court Challenging Internet Shutdowns
Filing on behalf of AfricTivistes and Two Senegalese Journalists Seeks Interim Measures to Prevent Internet Shutdowns. READ IN FRENCH
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Why did Internet go down in Cali, Colombia during the 2021 protests?
Author: Emmanuel Vargas Penagos* On the 4th and 5th of May 2021, amid massive national anti-government protests, Internet connectivity was
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