Advancing Collaborations in Strategic Litigation for Digital Rights in East Africa
By Edrine Wanyama |
Strategic litigation has gained recognition as a tool for pushing back against restrictions on rights to privacy, access to information and freedom of expression, assembly and association in the digital sphere in Africa. Notable cases have been recorded in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Gambia, Zimbabwe, and Sudan.
However, litigation for digital rights remains under-utilised across the continent…