Publication : Press Release

As concerns grow in Southeast Asia over the use of national security, anti-terrorist and defamation laws to limit freedom of expression on the Internet, a coalition of international and local NGOs and activists from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia urged governments to stop using vague legislation based on ill-defined concepts such as “national security”, “sovereignty” or “lèse-majesté” to intimidate, harass and imprison independent voices.

Information Source : Stifled Southeast Asian Voices: NGOs Unite Against Criminalization of Free Expression on the Internet

• UN Human Rights Council, FIDH, IFEX