#KeepItOn : Burundi silences the majority on election day
▻https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-burundi-silences-the-majority-on-election-day
As millions of Burundians head to the polls to elect their next president today, May 20, 2020, the Pierre Nkurunziza government has rushed to block access to social media including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube. This blatant denial of the rights to access information and freedom of expression casts a dark shadow over the much-anticipated election in Burundi. Sources in Burundi have told Access Now that there have been two rounds of shutdowns : the first-round of social media (...)
