Association for Progressive Communications

APC Annual Report 2025

Read APC's Annual Report 2025 here. "We began 2025 facing many challenges that very quickly deepened. Funding for digital rights work came under greater pressure, spaces for civil ...
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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica26)

The 2026 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica26) which will take place in Mauritius from September 28 to October 1, 2026. This marks the 13th edition of FIFAfrica, which serves as Africa’s ...
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Summary: Human rights in the digital context in Uganda

The joint stakeholder report by APC, CIPESA and WOUGNET examines key human rights issues in Uganda’s digital context, including freedom of expression and opinion, access to information and content ...
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From the internet to the streets: Resisting the violation of digital rights as a means of crushing protests in India

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is a youth-led Indian satirical political movement prompted after India’s chief justice, while discussing unemployed young people and fraudulent qualifications, ...
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MAP-AI open letter: Centering human rights in AI governance

A coalition of 80 civil society organizations, academics, technologists, and experts have endorsed Centering Human Rights in AI Governance, an open letter published by the Multistakeholder Approaches ...
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Making meaning: Feminist conversations on research as resistance, hope and transformation

In April 2026, the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) and Resistance and Resilience (R&R) research projects co-organised a 3-day symposium to bring together their research partners working at ...
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Bread&Net and the holistic protection of women human rights defenders

As we approach the 2026 edition of the Bread&Net digital rights convening from 14 to 16 October, the APC community is preparing to engage with other civil society organisations, researchers, ...
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Nigeria, Global Partners Move To Bridge Rural Connectivity Gap

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Uganda Universal Periodic Review – 54th session Joint stakeholder report: Human rights in the digital context in Uganda

Digital rights and freedoms should be accorded equal protection as offline rights and freedoms, in line with the landmark United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/20/8. The ...
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National strategy for meaningful community-centred connectivity in Brazil (2024-2027)

The “Meaningful Community-Centred Connectivity” (CCC) project is part of the Local Networks (LocNet) initiative, led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Rhizomatica, and funded ...
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Human Rights Council 63rd session: Oral statement on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Namibia

Oral statement delivered on Thursday 24 September 2026 at the Human Rights Council 63rd session under Agenda item 6, Universal Periodic Review: UPR Outcome of Namibia. Thank you, President. I speak on ...