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

[Alejandro Acosta]

retweeted!..., very sad this situation, I wish I had a magic wand to
stop governments of doing that.


El 7/9/17 a las 2:18 p.m., Dan York escribió:
> 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/
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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
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