Freedom of expression
India is the land of many religions. However, by any measure, religious freedom has been under grave and constant attack in the country. Minority communities, especially Muslims, Christians and Sikhs, have experienced numerous incidents of intimidation, harassment and violence, largely by Hindu nationalist groups. Numerous bloggers, writers, filmmakers, artists and people from the Dalit community have been criticised and harassed by various religious right-wing groups. The national and a few ...
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is concerned at news that access to and use of the internet is being restricted in Catalonia, as part of a trend to curtail freedom of expression in the context of the call for a referendum to decide the future status of the region. According to our members and partners in Catalonia, judicial orders against referendum websites are being granted, which can be seen as a misuse of the judicial process. We have received reports that domain...
A coalition of some 35 civil society organisations has written to several international bodies including the African Union and the United Nations Human Rights Council over the recent internet shutdown in Togo. Signatories to the letter include Paradigm Initiative, Reporters Without Borders, World Wide Web Foundation, Access Now, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), G...
This research report tries to establish the relationship between the freedom of association and assembly offline and online, and analyses how they intersect and influence each other. It further identifies legal challenges, laws, policies, and the manner in which state and non-state actors regulate the internet rather than following the inherent principles of a free and open internet to bring eq...
The articles in this bilingual edition point to how visibility, a complicated phenomenon in itself, is the starting point of a different way of being, and how the stories we tell – entangled in the fine wires of technology – are necessary and essential, and could be the foundations for the movement for change. The title of this edition – "We cannot be what we cannot see" is taken from Ker...
In late May the Guardian released the Facebook Files, leaked internal documents revealing how the company moderates content. Many of us have long called for more transparency around Facebook's content moderation so we can better understand gender-based violence that happens on the platform and provide feedback. Although Facebook has made some improvements1, these documents confirm that it's oft...
La création de 7amleh a été motivée par le besoin d’améliorer l’image et la capacité du plaidoyer palestinien en ligne, et pour sensibiliser non seulement le public international, mais aussi les Palestiniens eux-mêmes, aux questions palestiniennes. C’est sur cette déclaration que l’ONG palestinienne 7amleh – Centre arabe pour le progrès des médias sociaux – accueille les v...
7amleh fue creada con el fin de promover el perfil y la capacidad para el activismo en línea de los palestinos y palestinas, y para generar una mayor conciencia sobre los problemas de Palestina tanto en el público internacional, como en la propia sociedad palestina. La ONG palestina 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement – recibe con esta declaración a quienes manifiesta...
The establishment of 7amleh was driven by the necessity to raise the profile and capacity of online Palestinian advocacy, both in terms of raising awareness of Palestinian issues to an international audience, but also among Palestinians themselves. With this statement, Palestinian NGO 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement welcomes visitors to its work, which focuses on improving t...
ICTs and more specifically, the internet create new and promising spaces where national human rights institutions (NHRIs) can improve the way they function and reach out to stakeholders in previously unimaginable ways. Digitalisation has fundamentally changed the way we work. NHRIs can develop practices that systematically help them record and store information about their work in digital form....
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