"New African Declaration Highlights Net Neutrality, Spectrum and Access to Information Principles" 19 September 2014

More than two dozen global civil society organizations, most of which are based in Africa, unveiled the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Istanbul...The declaration’s main purpose is to create a widely endorsed standard within a human rights framework for internet-related policy making decisions in Africa...Viewed in a more traditional human rights lens, the declaration warns against unlawful filtering, blocking and limiting access to content as a violation of the right to freedom of expression and to information.