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Netizen Report: The Manning Verdict

In the US this week, Bradley Manning was convicted of twenty charges filed against him by the US government. In the MENA region, bloggers face new threats from government.
Netizen Report: India Suspends Mobile Broadband in Kashmir

This week's report begins in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where the government has responded to ongoing religious tensions by throttling Internet access.
Netizen Report: France Bags ‘Hadopi’ Law, Germany Pushes for Data Protection

Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. We begin this edition in the EU, where last week France trashed its controversial 'Hadopi' anti-piracy law and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for greater protections for user data...

31 July 2013
Netizen Report: The Manning Verdict

Written by Netizen Report Team · Advocacy
24 July 2013
Netizen Report: India Suspends Mobile Broadband in Kashmir

Written by Netizen Report Team · Advocacy
16 July 2013
Netizen Report: France Bags ‘Hadopi’ Law, Germany Pushes for Data Protection

Written by Netizen Report Team · Advocacy

Stories from July, 2013

31 July 2013

#FreeSafy – Bahrain Arrests Blogger in Dawn Raid

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Advocacy

Bahraini blogger Mohammed Hassan was arrested at dawn today. His telephone and computer were confiscated. Netizens are calling for his release.

29 July 2013

New Philippine Congress Tackles Digital Rights

Written by Mong Palatino · Advocacy

After only a week in session, lawmakers have proposed multiple laws that seek to protect user rights online and promote public access to the Internet.

22 July 2013

‘Mechanisms of Censorship’ in Ecuador's Communications Law

Written by Advox · Advocacy

The controversial new law, among other things, imposes limits on corruption investigations and jeopardizes the dissemination of information of public interest.

19 July 2013

Another Journalist Arrested in Zambia

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Activism

After Wilson Pondamali was arrested and his home searched by police, users reported that independent news site the Zambian Watchdog was inaccessible within Zambia.

17 July 2013

Digital Citizen المواطن الرقمي 1.0

Written by Digital Citizen · Advocacy

Digital Citizen is a monthly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. This is our first edition.

Snowden Airport Saga Polarizes Russian Human Rights Community

Written by Daniel Alan Kennedy · Advocacy

Human rights defenders in Russia are divided over Edward Snowden and the Kremlin's treatment of the former NSA subcontractor who remains in jurisdictional limbo at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.

15 July 2013

MERCOSUR and the Future of the Internet in Latin America

Written by Renata Avila · Advocacy

Last Friday, Latin American government leaders issued a strong statement against the mass surveillance of their citizens by the US government at an emergency meeting of MERCOSUR. Activists, academics and...

12 July 2013

Nigerian Government to Ramp Up Internet Surveillance?

Written by Advox · Human Rights

In April, Nigerian news site Premium Times revealed government plans to purchase equipment that would allow it to conduct online surveillance on an unprecedented scale. The government reportedly had contracted...

11 July 2013

Journalist Charged With Sedition in Zambia

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Activism

Zambian journalist Thomas Zgambo was arrested and charged with sedition on Tuesday. Another journalist, Clayson Hamasaka, was arrested but released without charges. Advocates suspect that both events were triggered by...

Online and Off, Information Control Persists in Turkey

Written by Greg Epstein · Activism

Government efforts to stifle unrest in Turkey in recent weeks has stretched beyond episodes of physical violence and police brutality into the digital world, where information control and media intimidation...