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Advocacy · April, 2021

Stories about Advocacy from April, 2021

Singapore bloggers crowdfund defamation damages due to PM Lee Hsien Loong

More than 4,000 donors contributed to the campaign

Written by Mong Palatino

27 April 2021

Russian authorities crack down on student journalism outlet over protest explainer video

Four student editors face three-year prison sentences

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 April 2021

European Court backs Ukrainian journalist's right to phone data privacy from the state

The ruling sets "a precedent for Ukraine and ECHR practice".

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 April 2021

Journalist becomes first person convicted over 2019 mob attack that injured dozens of Hongkongers

Bao Choy was found guilty of 'making false statements' while searching public records

Written by Oiwan Lam

26 April 2021

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing camp wants to ‘get rid of’ pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily

The paper came under fire as its founder Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison

Written by Oiwan Lam

21 April 2021

How Azerbaijan's government abused Facebook's loopholes—for years

Officials have created pages that pose as real people in order to boost engagement on pro-government content

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

21 April 2021

Thierry Henry quits social media and calls for platforms to act against racist online attacks

French football legend: ‘There HAS to be some accountability.’

Written by Richard Wanjohi

16 April 2021

‘A day without internet is a day in the dark’: The Gambia's growing digital divide

Unstable, expensive internet and frequent outages impedes development

Written by Jainaba Sonko

16 April 2021

Algerians’ speech freedoms strained by media laws passed under COVID-19 pretext

Alternative media platforms face shrinking horizons under new laws.

Written by Global Voices MENA

9 April 2021

Israeli phone hacking firm stops sales to Belarus and Russia

Cellebrite's tools were allegedly used to spy on opposition activists

Written by Tanya Lokot

7 April 2021

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