Articles by Digital Rights Foundation
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At UNHRC, rights groups highlight deterioration of media freedom in Turkey
Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.
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Asia & Pacific round-up: Film screening criminalised, free expression refugees trapped on Manus Island, and more
February: Censorship in Malaysia and Pakistan; deadly attacks against journalists in Bangladesh and Pakistan; global action to support three Iranian refugees
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Pakistan’s version of “The Onion” blocked by government
What does it say about a government when it can’t take criticism, even of the tongue-in-cheek variety?
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Study maps forms of surveillance faced by female journalists in Pakistan
A newly released DRF pilot study explores the gendered surveillance that female journalists experience in Pakistan.
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Surveillance as a feminist issue
Are women’s experiences with technology and surveillance vastly different from the dominant male experience? Digital activist Shmyla Khan certainly thinks so.
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Surveillance as a feminist issue
Are women’s experiences with technology and surveillance vastly different from the dominant male experience? Digital activist Shmyla Khan certainly thinks so.
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Digital rights group appeals use of blasphemy law against teenager
A teenage Christian boy has been arrested in Pakistan for ‘liking’ what is being called a ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post.