Global Voices Advox

A government employee in Brunei was charged with violating the Sedition Act over a Facebook post criticising the Halal certification policy of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

After his death, not only was Liu’s name censored on social media platforms, even phrases containing the word “thunder” – a homophone for “tears” in Chinese – and the candle emoji were removed by censors.

Vietnamese activist Trần Thị Nga was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years of house arrest for “conducting propaganda against the State.”

How well does Facebook’s mobile app “Free Basics” serve local interests and needs? In spring 2017, a group of Global Voices tech and digital rights experts set out to answer this question.

Over the past four months in Bangladesh, more than twenty journalists have been sued under the country’s 2013 Information and Communication Technology Act.

In a move referred to as a “new low”, an Istanbul court ruled that six of the 10 human rights defenders detained since 5 July will be remanded in pre-trial detention.

Imran Radwan is protesting horrible prison conditions using one of the few tactics of resistance available to political prisoners.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.