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Open letter to messaging apps urging platform changes to protect users
Civil society groups write about their concern over the handling of group messages by online messaging services.
Internet ban in Darjeeling, India: Three months and counting
Since June 20, 2017, the internet ban – initiated following protests for a separate Gorkhaland – has been extended several times by the district administration, and there is little hope of it being restored in the near future.
HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights
A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.
India: Supreme Court holds that right to privacy is a fundamental right
The nine-judge bench unanimously held that Right To Privacy is protected under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees right to life.
One Year On: Cambodia must immediately release Tep Vanny
67 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Tep Vanny on the one-year anniversary of her detention.
Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
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.