Internet shutdowns – the wholesale censorship of millions of voices and silencing of entire populations – pose a grave threat to the media, democracy, most of all vulnerable communities and ordinary citizens.
Russian activist Ildar Dadin spoke about the total breakdown of the rule of law and his own incarceration and torture at an event hosted by Doughty Street Chambers.
Bolo Bhi has been opposed to PECA from the beginning because of its potential human rights violations and threats to the right to privacy and freedom of expression
Established in 2015, Turkey Blocks is an independent digital research organisation that monitors internet access restrictions in Turkey
The Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship programme offers direct support to groups and individuals striving to defeat censorship globally.
For his one-man protests, Ildar Dadin was sent to prison where he was tortured, before his conviction was quashed in February 2017
Despite persecution for his work, Rebel Pepper continues to satirise the Chinese state from a life in exile
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
The long-term opposition and LGBT rights activist had been jailed under Russia’s repressive Public Assembly Law.
Digital activism group GreatFire talk about developments in China’s approach to internet censorship.