‘Force 47’, thought to be 10,000-strong, seen as government’s online enforcers as new cyber crime law takes effect. HANOI, Vietnam – Wearing his trademark black fedora, human rights defender Anh Chi updates his YouTube audience on the situation in Dong…
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Vietnam’s battalions of ‘cyber-armies’ silencing online dissent
Tagged with: Anh Chi, Bao Trung, censorship, Cybersecurity law, Force 47, Ministry of Public Security, MPs, Vietnam
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Thailand: No Internet Freedom with new Computer Crime Act
BANGKOK, Thailand – The sound of cicadas spread as the sun sets in the northeastern city of Khon Kaen. Payu Boonsophon, 23, stares down at his smart phone. He hesitates before beginning to type a message on Facebook. He knows…
Tagged with: Bangkok, censorship, Computer Crime Act, democracy, internet freedom, Khon Kaen, Lese-majeste, social media, Thailand
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Uganda’s Hip Hop for Change – CBC The World This Weekend
KAMPALA, Uganda – February 18, 2016 was the presidential election in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni extended his mandate beyond 30 years in power. But Ugandan youth want change. They are using indigenous language hip hop to express themselves and to…
Tagged with: Africa, Babaluku, censorship, Hip Hop, hip hop pioneers, Indigenous languages, Luga Flow, Luganda, Native tongues, Ronnie Styl'Zamunda, Sylvester Kabombo, Tushi Polo, Uganda
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Stop Muzzling the Press in East Africa
World Press Freedom Day is every May 3. The theme of this year’s WPFD, hosted by UNESCO, is Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In Arusha, Tanzania, journalists and media stakeholders from around East Africa…
Tagged with: #media, 1976 Newspaper Act, Article 19, censorship, Committee to Protect Journalists, crackdown on media in East Africa, East Africa, Erick Kabendera, HRNJ-Uganda, human rights, journalists, kenya, Kenya Information and Communication Act, KICA, legislation, media law, press freedom, Reporters Without Borders, Rosebell Kagumire, self-censorship, tanzania, Tom Rhodes, Uganda, Uganda Communications Act
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