A brief overview of AI use in West Asia and North AfricaMENA's AI development raises privacy and surveillance concernsWritten by SMEX30 June 2023
In Turkey, authorities quickly cover up a report implicating the president's son in a corruption scandalIn total 93 websites and social media posts were blockedWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva30 June 2023
Post-pandemic, lockdown on rights persists in the PhilippinesSurveillance and repressive laws enacted during the pandemic remain in effectWritten by EngageMedia27 June 2023
Interview with Bao Choy, a Hong Kong reporter who won a three-year legal battle over investigative journalismShe was convicted of 'knowingly making a false statement'Written by Hong Kong Free Press27 June 2023
How Africans are bridging the language digital divideFive tactics being used to bridge the language digital gapWritten by Zita Zage26 June 2023
Digital rights activist groups urge tech giants to defend against Hong Kong’s injunctions against protest anthemThe government wants tech giants to censor the HK protest anthem Written by Oiwan Lam24 June 2023
#StandWithBach: Support for detained environment lawyer who is on hunger strike in VietnamThe prominent environmentalist says his tax evasion conviction is politically-motivatedWritten by Mong Palatino23 June 2023
The controversial role of Islam in protestors’ executions in IranDivergent views within Iran's religious institution on dealing with protestorsWritten by Tooba Moshiri23 June 2023
Hong Kong Court asks: Who are the defendants of the protest anthem injunctions?Will anyone stand up to defend against the injunctions?Written by Oiwan Lam15 June 2023
Zimbabwe’s uneven electoral field: Data protection laws used to deny digital voter roll inspectionStakeholders argue that the digital version is vulnerable to manipulationWritten by Advox13 June 2023
Unfreedom Monitor Report: KyrgyzstanAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in KyrgyzstanWritten by Arzuu Sheranova8 June 2023
Hong Kong seeks to ban protest anthem ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ in all mediaThe writ contained 32 links to YouTube videos Written by Hong Kong Free Press7 June 2023
Comedian and YouTube content creator arrested in Sri Lanka over satire on BuddhismThe application of hate-speech laws have been selective in Sri LankaWritten by Rezwan6 June 2023
Unfreedom Monitor Report: KenyaAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in KenyaWritten by Chepkoech Rotich5 June 2023
Hong Kong authorities clamp down on the annual commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdownThe June 4th panic virus is tiny, there are no preventive measures against itWritten by Oiwan Lam4 June 2023
How technology has entrenched the authoritarian electoral practice of controlling political choice in Kenya's democracy Interference, corruption, and autocracy are symbolic of Kenyan electionsWritten by Chepkoech Rotich2 June 2023
‘I am worried that my work will put someone in jail': Interview with Zunzi, iconic Hong Kong cartoonist'Losing the newspaper column is not a big deal compared to losing freedom'Written by inmediahk.net2 June 2023
Unfreedom Monitor Report: SpeechAn excerpt from Advox research on freedom of speechWritten by Kudzai Chimhangwa1 June 2023
The books Hong Kong is purging from public librariesAn overview of the disappeared titlesWritten by Hong Kong Free Press1 June 2023