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June 24, 2020 Dispatches

Court Corrects Flaw in UK’s Automated Benefits System

Ruling a Victory for Claimants’ Rights, but Problems Remain

A branch of the UK employment social security agency where claimants seek assistance with their benefits, Newcastle, March 4, 2020.

June 24, 2020 Commentary

Brazil: Reject “Fake News” Bill

Current Draft Violates Free Speech and Association, Privacy

Senate Brazil session Videoconference 062020

June 19, 2020 News Release

US: Congress Should Back Open Technology Fund

Dismantling Independent Non-Profit Would Undermine Online Freedoms

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.

June 19, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: End World’s Longest Internet Shutdown

Lift Restrictions in Embattled Rakhine, Chin States

A telecommunications tower in Mrauk U township, Rakhine State, where the Myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout.

June 19, 2020 Interview

Interview with Andrei Soldatov on Digital Rights in Russia

June 18, 2020 News Release

Australia: Don’t Take Immigration Detainees’ Phones

Disproportionate Response Denies Vulnerable Immigrants a Lifeline

Asylum seekers and refugees hold placards during protest against their detention at Kangaroo Point Hotel in Brisbane, Australia, amid the Covid-19 crisis.

June 18, 2020 Report

Russia: Growing Internet Isolation, Control, Censorship

Authorities Regulate Infrastructure, Block Content

Demonstrators, with a poster on the right reading "internet is our only chance," attend the Free Internet rally in response to a bill making its way through parliament calling for all internet traffic to be routed through servers in Russia— making VPNs (virtual private networks) ineffective, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 10, 2019.

June 17, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: End Crackdown on Opposition

Free Wrongfully Held Activists, Drop Charges

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

June 16, 2020 Commentary

China’s Zoom Bomb

Signage at the headquarters of videoconferencing, remote work, and webinar technology company Zoom (ZM) in the Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, March 28, 2020.

June 10, 2020 News Release

Bahrain: Prominent Activist Nabeel Rajab Freed from Prison

Quash Unjust Charges and Sentence

June 9, 2020 Dispatches

Children Vote to Stop Killer Robots

Peace Prize Provides Impetus for Banning Killer Robots

Growing opposition to fully autonomous weapons from various quarters shows how the public conscience supports banning weapons systems that lack meaningful human control.

June 9, 2020 Commentary

Russia's Latest App Will Track Migrant Workers — But Who's Next?

Shadows of people detained by Russian police, suspected of violating immigration rules during an action seen on containers at a street market in Moscow, Russia, August 7, 2013. © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

June 9, 2020 Letter

Joint Letter Re: Strengthening the European Commission Position on Dual-Use Recast

June 9, 2020 News Release

EU: Strengthen Rules on Surveillance Tech Exports

Member States Should Put Rights Ahead of Profits

June 5, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Thai Activist Abducted in Phnom Penh

Urgently Locate Wanchalearm Satsaksit

Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist living in exile in Cambodia, was abducted in Phnom Penh on June 4, 2020.

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