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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
As of 2012, nearly a third of the world’s population has used the internet, and an even greater portion possesses a mobile phone. The internet has transformed the way in which people obtain news, conduct business, communicate with one another, socialize, and interact with public officials. Concerned with the power of new technologies to catalyze political change, many authoritarian states have taken various measures to filter, monitor, or otherwise obstruct free speech online. These tactics were particularly evident over the past year in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, and China, where the authorities imposed further restrictions following the political uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, in which social media played a key role.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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UNDP Offers Six-point Plan to Fast-track Women in Politics in Asia-Pacific
Bangkok - It will take 50 years for gender balance to be achieved in Asia-Pacific national legislatures if the increase in women’s participation in parliaments remains at the current pace, says a UN Development Programme (UNDP) study released this week. Economic progress will be limited without equal opportunity for men and women to influence political and economic decision-making, according to the report, which offers a six-step action plan to fast-track women into politics.
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Press Release: The Death of Journalist Hang Serei Odom Proves an Access to Information Law is Needed
The death of journalist Hang Serei Odom proves an access to information law is needed The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is deeply concerned about the safety of journalists reporting on the illegal logging issue in Cambodia after Mr. Hang Serei Odom, a journalist from Virakchun Khmer newspaper, was killed on Sunday night September 9, 2012 in the north-eastern province of Ratanakiri. On September 11th, 2012, the provincial authorities arrested a military police officer and his wife over the death of the investigative journalist. They have since been charged with premeditated murder.
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Press Release: The Death of Journalist Hang Serei Odom Proves an Access to Information Law is Needed
The death of journalist Hang Serei Odom proves an access to information law is needed The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is deeply concerned about the safety of journalists reporting on the illegal logging issue in Cambodia after Mr. Hang Serei Odom, a journalist from Virakchun Khmer newspaper, was killed on Sunday night September 9, 2012 in the north-eastern province of Ratanakiri. On September 11th, 2012, the provincial authorities arrested a military police officer and his wife over the death of the investigative journalist. They have since been charged with premeditated murder.
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