“The Smartphones are listening”: Regulating exports and abuses of cybertools
Summary Reflecting on events from the first half of 2021, IFEX’s Middle East and North Africa Editor explains how increasingly sophisticated digital surveillance tools are…
The smartphone versus the baton
Summary Reflecting on events from the first half of 2021, IFEX’s Europe and Central Asia Editor explains how the Lukashenka regime’s crackdown on Belarus’s independent…
Is Resistance Futile? Learning from recent efforts to resist Asia’s digital authoritarians
Summary Since January 2021, our region has witnessed a phenomenal emergence of massive, broad-based uprisings, as citizens push back against the reversal of democratic reforms…
What you need to know now: Trends in freedom of expression and information in Latin America and the Caribbean
Summary Several issues have predominated in Latin America and the Caribbean. As economic and political crises stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic increased public dissatisfaction with…
Hit or Miss? Assessing the Digital Platform for the Safety of Journalists in Africa
Summary The Digital Platform for the Safety of Journalists, announced by President Ramaphosa of South Africa on January 2021, was conceptualized over the last five…
Report: Development Banks’ Inaction on Retaliation During Covid-19
Summary In partnership with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and ARTICLE 19, IFEX published a new report — “Unhealthy silence: Development banks’ inaction on retaliation…
Who Cares About Free Speech? – Findings From a Global Survey
Overview A new report from Justitia seeks to answer this question based on data from representative surveys of individuals from 33 countries around the world.…
The Attacks on Palestinian Digital Rights
This report was originally published by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Development of Social Media and is re-posted here with permission and thanks.…
UNESCO Global Dialogue on Transparency of Internet Companies
On Monday, 3 May, UNESCO released a new issue brief on transparency and accountability in the digital age as part of its series titled World…
Report for the Universal Periodic Review of Paraguay
IFEX-SPP: Paraguay UPR, Third Cycle Executive Summary: The following is a joint report submitted by the IFEX-SPP Coalition. The objective of the report is to…