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Advocacy · July, 2021

Stories about Advocacy from July, 2021

Who’s trying to silence the fearless voice of Sri Lankan journalist Tharindu Jayawardhana?

Threats followed reporting on probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday killings

Written by GroundViews

31 July 2021

Russian internet censor blocks Team Navalny websites

The state designated Navalny’s movement and campaign networks as “extremist organizations”

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 July 2021

Government announces new media regulations that could further constrain freedom of expression in Turkey

New measures underway to regulate foreign funded media and misinformation.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

26 July 2021

Global investigation reveals Pegasus Project identified in Azerbaijan and elsewhere

Authorities in Azerbaijan have refrained from making any statements

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

23 July 2021

Pegasus spyware revelation indicates Indian state snooping on journalists, activists and politicians

The software secretly gathers data from a user's phone/computer

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

23 July 2021

Devices of journalists, government officials in Kazakhstan hacked and spied on

Spyware targets journalists, activists, and government officials in Kazakhstan.

Written by Paolo Sorbello

22 July 2021

Team 29, Russia's most prominent legal defense group, shuts down under state pressure

The organisation has long been a thorn in Kremlin's side

Written by Tanya Lokot

21 July 2021

Hong Kong will pass a tough anti-doxxing law that may curb freedom of information

The vague definition of doxxing may lead to speech incrimination

Written by Oiwan Lam

21 July 2021

Mozambican journalist receives international prize for press freedom

Matias Guente won the 2021 press freedom award

Written by Global Voices Lusofonia Translated (en) by Giovana Fleck

20 July 2021

State escalates attacks on media freedom and civil society in Belarus

Lukashenka's crackdown on media and civil society reached unprecedented scale

Written by Tanya Lokot

20 July 2021

Twitter Japan appears to suspend government critics

Twitter bans appear to be politically motivated, or inconsistent

Written by Nevin Thompson, Kazuki Ichida

19 July 2021

Released journalists share prison experiences in Myanmar

At least 36 journalists are still in detention.

Written by Mong Palatino

16 July 2021

From Cuba, with VPN

There is evidence Cuba blocked WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal because of protests

Written by Periodismo de Barrio Translated (en) by Anthony Sutterman

15 July 2021

Malaysian artists and activists face probe over a short film depicting police brutality

"Investigate the violence, not the messenger"

Written by Mong Palatino

9 July 2021

Social media companies could be liable for user-generated content in India

Twitter has failed to comply to India's new IT Rules

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

5 July 2021

What has Hong Kong lost one year after the National Security Law was enacted?

Hong Kong government said the law has restored stability.

Written by The Stand News

5 July 2021

Access denied: the social and economic costs of Nigeria’s Twitter blackout

Nigeria loses $250,000 for every hour that the Twitter ban persists

Written by Olusegun Akinfenwa

1 July 2021

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