ARTICLE 19

States must call for, among other things, a UN workshop and OHCHR report on the human rights impacts of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on discrimination and bias.

The conviction of filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi on 29 August 2019 is further evidence of the grave threats faced by those who criticise the Myanmar military, said ARTICLE 19.

ARTICLE 19 calls on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to end programs involving the public in mass surveillance initiatives.

Discussions on preventing the abuse of surveillance technologies against activists and journalists, addressing violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people, defending freedom of assembly and association online, and ensuring accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, are high on the agenda of the UN HRC 41st session in Geneva.

Lack of progress on reform commitments undermines fundamental freedoms and democracy a year after the victory of the Pakatan Harapan coalition.

All language versions of the Wikipedia website have been banned since April 2017. The Turkish authorities say they imposed the ban after Wikipedia refused to remove an article alleging Turkish government support for terrorist groups in Syria.

The bill creates a system that gives the authorities the capacity to extra-judicially block access to parts of the Internet in Russia; the public would not know what has been blocked and why.

Not only are these women activists facing prosecution without due process, they’ve also subjected them to severe torture, including by sexual violence and electrocution.