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Indonesia: Hold public consultations on the revised draft of the Criminal Code and repeal restrictive provisions
Civil society calls on Indonesia to repeal recent amendments to the Criminal Code. Expanded defamation provisions will curtail civic freedoms – both offline and online.
…15 July 2022
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မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် မီးရှို့ဖျက်ဆီးခြင်းနှင့် သတ်ဖြတ်မှုများ ဖုံးကွယ်ရန် စစ်တပ်က အင်တာနက် ဖြတ်တောက်ခြင်းများကို လုပ်ဆောင်လျက်ရှိရာ ရပ်တန့်ရေး ပို၍ လုပ်ဆောင်ကြရန် နိုင်ငံတကာ လှုပ်ရှားဆောင်ရွက်သူများအားလုံးကို တိုက်တွန်းတောင်းဆို
International actors must do more to stop internet shutdowns shrouding torchings and killings in Myanmar…
11 July 2022
Press Releases
Global coalition of NGOs urge Indonesia to repeal censorship regulations
The ministerial regulations MR5 and the amendment MR10 contain content moderation provisions that are inconsistent with internationally recognized human rights, including freedom of expression and opinion.…
4 July 2022
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Access Now’s statement on Myanmar during the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar’s Oral Progress Report
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Wai Phyo Myint, our Asia Pacific Policy Analyst, addressed the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council regarding the escalating digital threats faced by the people in Myanmar during the Interactive Dialogue with the U.N. Special…
1 July 2022
