CONCERN OVER ABUSE OF CIVIC SPACE

The rule of law affirms that the people have a right to know what their government does and how state institutions relate with each other. Peaceful assembly and association in society has a definitive watchdog quality, which itself requires that human rights defenders (professional and non-professional human rights workers, volunteers, journalist, lawyers etc.) enjoy free space for association, assembly and access to information, especially public information, to advocate and report accurately and fairly. HRDNSL PRESS STATEMENT ON PROPOSED DEMONSTRATION(1).docx (1) 

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How to Achieve Digital Safety as A Human Rights Defender

As surveillance and censorship increase, the insecurity of digitally stored and/or digitally transmitted information is a major problem for HRDs in many countries. Front Line Defenders created its Digital Protection Programme in 2004 to meet the needs of HRDs facing such threats. Mobile phones, computers and the Internet are the main means by which human rights defenders (HRDs) communicate and coordinate their work as well as collect and store their research and findings, including sensitive data. Unfortunately, they are also the most common means by which governments and corporations restrict, manipulate and monitor the activity of human rights defenders. https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/programme/digital-protection 

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