<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Chapter delegates,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As you may be aware, this week the government of Togo shut down access to the Internet in the country in the wake of protests after the recent election there. Our ISOC Togo Chapter issued this statement yesterday (in French):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/" class="">https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">and ISOC Togo Chapter president/chairman Norbert Glakpe was interviewed (audio) as part of this article today by RFI Afrique (in French):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20170907-togo-nouvelle-journee-mobilisation-appel-opposition" class="">http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20170907-togo-nouvelle-journee-mobilisation-appel-opposition</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Given the lack of Internet access, it is challenging for the Togo Chapter to do much on social media right now, but we tweeted  out their statement earlier today:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905787995407704066" class="">https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905787995407704066</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">and then this afternoon published a short post supporting their statement and pointing to the article and other resources:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/09/isoc-togo-chapter-calls-togo-government-restore-internet-access" class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/09/isoc-togo-chapter-calls-togo-government-restore-internet-access</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We've shared that post out on our social channels as well:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905847940882866176" class="">https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905847940882866176</a><br class="">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154585055893239" class="">https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154585055893239</a><br class="">Google+: <a href="https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/Kuuqe3NPhcM" class="">https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/Kuuqe3NPhcM</a><br class="">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6311616831970910208" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6311616831970910208</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would encourage you to share any of these links through your own social channels to support the work of our chapter on the ground in Togo - and their efforts to encourage the Togo government to #KeepItOn . </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dan</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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