Freedom of Speech · October, 2020

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Freedom of Speech · October, 2020

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Stories about Freedom of Speech from October, 2020

Hong Kong police to launch hotline for public to report violations of the national security law

'There will be eyes and ears everywhere'

Written by Oiwan Lam

31 October 2020

Internet throttling, SMS blocking in days leading up to election in Tanzania

Digital rights activists speculated that Tanzania may restrict internet services

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

27 October 2020

How Facebook derailed Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement

Facebook and Instagram falsely labeled content as ‘fake news’

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

27 October 2020

Hong Kong teachers self-censor as authorities target classrooms

Beijing considers classrooms a key site for political control

Written by The Stand News

27 October 2020

Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok with conditions

The ban lasted for 10 days

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

23 October 2020

Dancehall star Buju Banton’s rejection of mask-wearing stymies Jamaican government’s efforts to stem ‘COVID-19 fatigue’

The government says it's 'comfortable' following the advice of clinicians

Written by Emma Lewis

23 October 2020

For journalists in Kenya, ‘2020 is the worst year on record’

Freedom of expression is under attack during the pandemic

Written by Victoria Rubadiri, Article 19

19 October 2020

Thailand's democracy protests reflect rising dissatisfaction over the monarchy

Thai King accused of spending more time in Germany than Thailand

Written by Winston Chiu

19 October 2020

Myanmar's election commission censors speeches of political parties in run-up to election

Campaign speeches should not 'defame' the military and the nation

Written by Mong Palatino

19 October 2020

Undaunted by the October 16 crackdown, protestors once again take to Bangkok’s streets

The Thai government has declared a state of emergency largely to quell the protests

Written by Prachatai

18 October 2020

New book tells stories of suffering and resistance from Iran’s female prisons

13 female political prisoners from Iran share their stories

Written by Fred Petrossian

15 October 2020

‘Lazy’ Nigerian youth mobilize #EndSARS protest from social media to the streets

Nigerian youth have birthed a unifying movement

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

14 October 2020

Hong Kong civil servants forced to choose between freedom of expression and their jobs

Civil servants' contracts now include a 'loyalty clause'

Written by The Stand News

14 October 2020

Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested for ‘anti-state propaganda’

'Send me my guitar and try to have the wardens accept it'

Written by Mong Palatino

13 October 2020

How I learned not to hate

War has returned to Nagorno-Karabakh. As Armenians and Azerbaijanis, we must confront our anger and our trauma without resorting to hate.

Written by Arpi Bekaryan

11 October 2020

Rights groups in Tunisia mobilize against police protection bill

As activists mobilized against the bill, police targeted them

Written by Rima Sghaier

9 October 2020

Thai ‘Bad Students’ protest against abuse in schools, call for Education Minister to resign

Protesters went to five schools and the Ministry of Education

Written by Prachatai

8 October 2020

Facebook denies accusations of fuelling hate speech and pro-BJP bias in India

Demand to probe Indian leadership of Facebook has been raging

Written by Namita Singh

5 October 2020

Trinh Ba Phuong: A video portrait of a Vietnamese land rights activist

Trinh Ba Phuong shared his story in his own words, shortly before he was arrested

Written by The 88 Project

5 October 2020

Policing the digital frontiers: Is India weaponizing technology to silence civil society?

Proliferation of surveillance spyware poses a threat to human rights

Written by Ayesha Khan

3 October 2020

News website faces police probe in Singapore for boosting Facebook posts during elections

Groups criticize vaguely worded provisions in the election law

Written by Mong Palatino

3 October 2020

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