“The internet shutdown in Cameroon’s anglophone regions has been continuing for a month and has significantly interfered with citizens’ daily lives. By blocking access to information and services, the disruption thwarts the exercise of human rights, including the freedoms of expression and association, and slows economic development, seriously harming the innovative businesses dependent on your services. We estimate the shutdown has already cost more than US$1.39 million and grows daily.”
Step Two: Know the open letter’s recommendations.
We recommend that [telecommunications companies]:
1. Publicly denounce the shutdown and the harm it has caused to your customers and your company’s economic and reputational interests;
2. Detail the geographic scope and technical implementation of the blocking;
3. Reveal the demand from the government that required you to block internet access, and any gag order or other pressure to conceal the demand; and
4. Jointly push back against the government demand, through all legal and policy tools at your disposal, in order to restore internet access.
Step Three: Sign Avaaz’s #BringBackOurInternet petition.
“As citizens from Cameroon and around the world, we call you to sanction the government of Cameroon until they restore internet for all it’s citizens. We condemn the actions by President Biya to shutdown the internet in anglophone areas of the country and repress freedom of expression. The United Nations considers internet shutdowns as a violation of the international human rights law, we need you to respond and act for the respect of human rights.”Be an advocate, surf secure and stay Rando!
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