Thousands of miles separate the Maldives from Serbia, but Zaheena Rasheed and Stevan Dojcinovic describe similar attacks on press freedom at a panel discussion at London
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Bolo Bhi: Still much work to be done to oppose Pakistan’s Cyber Crimes Bill
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
GreatFire: Chinese authorities don’t understand how the internet works
Digital activism group GreatFire talk about developments in China’s approach to internet censorship.
Six sites blocked by China’s Great Firewall
Here are six sites that are regularly blocked by China’s Great Firewall
Mamadali Makhmudov: Writing the truth, only truth
Arrested twice and imprisoned for 14 years, writer Mamadali Makhmudov was released in 2013 after an international outcry. He continues to be blacklisted and his works are silenced.
Malaysia: Cartoonist arrested for second time in three weeks
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, aka Zunar, was arrested on Saturday 17 December during a fund-raising event to recoup losses related to the seizure of 20 of his artworks.
Malaysia: Cartoonist Zunar arrested on charges of sedition
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, aka Zunar, was arrested on 26 November under the Sedition Act for his cartoons which are deemed insulting to the country’s prime minister Najib Razak.
Malaysia: Cartoonist Zunar attacked by “pro-government thugs”
Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar, a Malaysian political cartoonist, continues to face harassment from the government and its supporters due to his work.
Indian sociologist accused of murder in case she says is retaliation for her work
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two Indian social scientists are among 10 people charged with murder in Chhattisgarh, an Indian state wracked by...
Malaysia imposes travel ban on award-winning cartoonist
Award-winning Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, who faces up to 43 years imprisonment for tweeting his cartoons criticising his country’s leaders reported on 17 October that he has had a travel ban imposed blocking him from travelling outside the country.