Human Rights Archive
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UN News App provides daily updates on breaking news and events from the United Nations. It delivers multimedia content including audio, video, text, and photos. The global updates
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E-Governance
A planned shutdown of social media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Sunday evening ahead of the end of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate, coupled with
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Feature
In response to reports that the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered internet firms to block access to social media sites on 18 December, leading
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Enterprise Events
Nearly 3,000 delegates from across the world will join thousands more online for the 11th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Jalisco, Mexico. With a key focus on
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E-Governance
Leading human rights organization Amnesty International has ranked 11 companies that run the world’s top messaging apps – including Skype, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger – on how well
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Feature
After a Singaporean teenage blogger was sentenced to jail for his social media posts, a United Nations (UN) human rights expert warned Tuesday that it is “exactly the
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Feature
The arrest of a Kashmiri man for ‘sedition’ for sharing ‘anti-India’ posts on Facebook is an absurd use of an archaic law to curb freedom of expression, human
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Lifestyle
Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen Kong Raya, a university student in Cambodia, has been convicted by a court for his Facebook post that called for regime change.
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E-Governance
Edward Snowden Messages from Edward Snowden, Ai Weiwei and Pussy Riot will be broadcast across the internet by AdBlock and Amnesty International on the World Day against Cyber
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E-Governance
The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said Monday. It suggests the Ethiopian authorities should immediately
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Asia Pacific
The digital interfaces to provide citizen services in India are either crude or rude. Instead of treating digital users with respect, they tend to insult them. By Rakesh
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E-Governance
Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced a senior opposition figure on February 15, 2015, to 18 months in prison for criticizing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Human
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E-Governance
Facebook Users The Center for the Study of Organized Cyber Crimes, an extra-judicial branch of the Revolutionary Guards, arrested 12 individuals and summoned another 24 for interrogation as
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E-Governance
Nabeel Rajab Authorities in Bahrain arrested human rights advocate Nabeel Rajab following a message on his Twitter account that said, “Many #Bahrain men who joined #terrorism & #ISIS
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