On August 7, 2016, the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) monitored Thailand’s local polling stations for the 2016 Thailand constitutional referendum, despite being refused accreditation by the country’s government. The referendum passed with 61% voting in favor of the new constitutional provisions. ANFREL issued a statement after the vote voicing their concerns about the…
On July 27, 2016 a South African Labour court ruled to reverse the dismissal of four journalists recently fired by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The journalists were fired after they criticized SABC’s decision not to air footage of the recent violent protests on television. The court called for the journalists to be reinstated…
On July 21, 2016, Hong Kong’s judicial system ruled that Nathan Law, a 23-year-old Umbrella Movement leader, was found guilty of inciting people to partake in unlawful assembly charges. The charges stem from 2014 protests where tens of thousands demonstrators occupied a public business square and several key intersections in opposition of proposed restrictive electoral…
VICELAND’s latest episode of CYBERWAR interviewed Ron Deibert about Citizen Lab‘s groundbreaking research on repressive regimes’ use of malicious spyware to “spy on dissidents, human rights activists and journalists.” Commercial surveillance tools are loosely regulated and Citizen Lab has publicized invaluable information documenting the growing market between technology firms in the West, and authoritarian governments…