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Human Rights · March, 2020

Stories about Human Rights from March, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects digital rights in the Balkans

Government measures are flouting human rights standards

Written by Filip Stojanovski

30 March 2020

Algeria crackdown on dissent persists with detention of journalists

Arresting journalists is a 'pretext' to punish and silence

Written by Afef Abrougui

27 March 2020

Coronavirus and surveillance technology: How far will governments go?

Governments mobilized digital surveillance to contain the spread of the virus

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

25 March 2020

China to expel American journalists from three US news outlets, watchdog decries threat to press freedom

Three Wall Street Journal reporters were expelled on March 18

Written by Oiwan Lam

19 March 2020

Refugees in Ethiopia's camps raise privacy and exclusion concerns over UNHCR’s new digital registration

''I felt like I was held hostage for food and shelter"

Written by Guest Contributor

19 March 2020

Outrage as Zimbabwe’s military declares social media a ‘dangerous threat’

Is the country "now hurtling toward being a military state"?

Written by Kudzai Chimhangwa

19 March 2020

Groundswell of support to free Julian Assange around February extradition hearing

Wikileaks founder faces court in the United Kingdom

Written by Kevin Rennie

13 March 2020

How Chinese social media platforms control information on COVID-19

New research shows China's web censors have blocked 516 coronavirus-related keywords

Written by Oiwan Lam

9 March 2020

Facebook seller wearing ‘sexy clothes’ charged with pornography in Cambodia

"Punishing women for their choice of clothing is part of the root cause of violence, rather than its cure, and must be rejected.”

Written by Mong Palatino

7 March 2020

Internet shutdowns in 2019: India continued to top list of worst offenders

The shutdowns in Kashmir were to "stifle dissenting voices"

Written by Waleed Tariq

2 March 2020

Twitter urged to take action against harassment of female reporter in Brazil

President Bolsonaro endorsed a harassment campaign against a female reporter

Written by Fernanda Canofre

2 March 2020

YouTuber in Mozambique kidnapped after denouncing a self-proclaimed prophet

'Beleza em Pessoa' is one of Mozambique's most famous YouTubers

Written by Dércio Tsandzana Translated (en) by Liam Anderson

2 March 2020

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