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Two women look at a computer and their mobile phones in a coffee shop in Tehran, Iran, 13 October 2013, Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

Telegram channel creator could get death penalty for “insulting the Prophet”

Hamidreza had created a Telegram channel where anyone could post her/his views; the IRGC held him responsible for everything others had written.

Egyptian army officers monitor local and international TV stations and websites at the military press office department in Cairo, 16 June 2012, -/AFP/GettyImages

In another blow for free speech, Egypt’s parliament passes cybercrime law

On June 5, Egypt’s parliament approved a cybercrime law that will dictate what is and is not permissible in the realms of online censorship, data privacy, hacking, fraud and messages.

Students in IT class at the Hohola Youth Development Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 3 June 2013, Flickr/Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (CC BY 2.0)

Papua New Guinea’s plan to ban Facebook and its impact on free speech

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 8 June 2018. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY 3.0. Papua New Guinea’s reported plan to ban Facebook for a month has raised concerns about government suppression of free speech. On 29 May 2018, the Post-Courier newspaper reported on a proposal of the Communications […]

A man reads a copy of the "Fiji Times", in Suva, Fiji, 2 December 2006, WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images

Acquittal in Fiji Times sedition case hailed as victory for press freedom in Oceania

The Fiji Times, its three executives, and an opinion columnist have been cleared by a High Court judge of the sedition charges filed by Fiji’s government.

A protester is seen in front of police officers standing guard during a demonstration against the government and price hikes in Tunis, Tunisia, 9 January 2018, FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists say police union attacks are having chilling effect on press freedom

Impunity for abuses committed by security forces and police unions “is almost becoming a norm,” according to the syndicate of Tunisian journalists.

A photo taken in Ankara, Turkey on 9 May 2018 shows an illustration reading 'Tamam' in Turkish, roughly translated as 'that's enough' that has taken Twitter by storm, Altan Gocher/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Social media platforms are ablaze as Turks say “enough” to President Erdogan

It took just a few hours for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise the mistake he made while speaking to the members of his party in Ankara on 8 May – #Tamam quickly went viral.

Kashmiri boys surf the internet on their phones after hacking into a network during restrictions in a part of Srinagar, India, 27 August 2016, Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Internet shutdowns are a global problem

In recent years, internet shutdowns have become all too familiar for users in a number of countries, and for digital rights groups documenting them.

Link to: China shuts down popular joke-sharing app NeihanShequ

China shuts down popular joke-sharing app NeihanShequ

China ordered a ban on NeihanShequ, a popular app for jokes and riddles, arguing that Neihan content has become too “vulgar” and “banal”.