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Providing a safe space for Myanmar’s embattled journalists and human rights defenders

Written by Mong Palatino

12 February 2025

Women in public positions in North Macedonia are easy targets of hate speech

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

20 December 2024

Bukele boasts of his government's successes amid allegations of an attack on press freedom.

Written by ProBox Translated (en) by Dalia Tarek

8 November 2024

The murder of a young girl in Ethiopia reveals TikTok’s content moderation failures

Written by Endalkachew Chala

6 September 2024

Stories about Women-Gender

In Azerbaijan it isn't just the president for life, but the parliament too

As of July 22, over 1,000 candidates applied to run for a parliamentary seat

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

26 July 2024

How gendered disinformation on social media harms Kenyan women seeking political office

Gender-based cyberbullying has become increasingly common as a political strategy

Written by Linda Ngari

25 April 2024

No respite for Georgia's civil society

The Georgian Dream Party is reconsidering a foreign agent bill

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

4 April 2024

Online attacks on presidential candidates in Venezuela have a distinct gendered angle, study shows

Gender-tinged attacks against men candidates were also seen

Written by ProBox

25 January 2024

In the shadows of self-censorship: The impact of the Cyber Security Act on Bangladesh’s LGBTQ+ movement

Anonymity is a common practice amid fear of the CSA

Written by EngageMedia

4 January 2024

Australian journalist pushes back against anti-LGBTQ+ trolls

Media groups expressed solidarity with queer journalist Patricia Karvelas

Written by Mong Palatino

25 November 2023

Brazil: Communicators and activists from marginalized communities discuss online harassment and how they protect themselves

Communicators from minority groups are frequently targeted by attacks

Written by Agência Mural Translated (en) by Liam Anderson

13 October 2023

Iran’s women, digital rights and human freedoms

A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran intensifies surveillance on women

Written by Guest Contributor

28 September 2023

Concerns in Guyana about threats against women activists

Those protesting sexual and other forms of extractive violence are allegedly being targeted

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

17 August 2023

Disinformation fuels church protest against gender equality in North Macedonia

Organizers' Kremlin connections raised concerns of foreign malign influence

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

10 August 2023

How companies collect private data about reproductive health

What are the consequences for people’s reproductive rights?

Written by Tactical Tech

25 July 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Access

An excerpt from Advox research on access

Written by Advox

20 June 2023

‘Post at your own risk': An interview with Indian journalist Srishti Jaswal

“My crime is the expression of critical thoughts”

Written by Rezwan

23 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: El Salvador

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in El Salvador

Written by Jose Luis Benitez

19 May 2023

The Caribbean outlook on World Press Freedom Day

'Attacks on journalists doing their job of ensuring accountability and transparency [are] unacceptable'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 May 2023

The consequences of online discrimination and authoritarianism for minorities

Vulnerable groups are often targeted more online

Written by Valentina Vera-Quiroz

28 April 2023

Online gender-based violence: A tool of digital authoritarianism in India

"Trolling ends up muzzling us on more ends than one."

Written by Advox

16 March 2023

President Bukele harasses independent journalists on Twitter in El Salvador

Women journalists are also at risk

Written by Jose Luis Benitez

20 January 2023

Indonesia's new penal code revisions don't just threaten sexual freedoms

Free speech, journalistic integrity, and LGBTQ+ rights are also at risk

Written by Sydney Allen

15 December 2022

The world must hear the voice of Iranian women

It is a time for the world to rally in support

Written by Azin Mohajerin, Sussan Tahmasebi

13 October 2022

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