[Chapter-delegates] FYI - Togo Internet Shutdown - and ISOC Togo Chapter's statement

[Dan York]

Chapter delegates,

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):

https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/ <https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/>

and ISOC Togo Chapter president/chairman Norbert Glakpe was interviewed (audio) as part of this article today by RFI Afrique (in French):

http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20170907-togo-nouvelle-journee-mobilisation-appel-opposition <http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20170907-togo-nouvelle-journee-mobilisation-appel-opposition>

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:

https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905787995407704066 <https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905787995407704066>

and then this afternoon published a short post supporting their statement and pointing to the article and other resources:

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/09/isoc-togo-chapter-calls-togo-government-restore-internet-access <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/09/isoc-togo-chapter-calls-togo-government-restore-internet-access>

We've shared that post out on our social channels as well:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/905847940882866176
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154585055893239
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/Kuuqe3NPhcM
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6311616831970910208

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 . 

Dan

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Dan York
Senior Manager, Content & Web Strategy, Internet Society
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