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Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Digital Repression on the “New Silk Road”

Raushan Zhandayeva, Rachael Rosenberg

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2022), 24 pp.

"In January 2022, Kazakhstan’s government shut down internet access for several days while enacting a violent crackdown on initially peaceful protests triggered by hikes in fuel prices. This policy brief examines Kazakhstan’s internet and media landscape, the (re)actions of civil society and the ... more

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Assessing Internet Development in Thailand: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators

Bangkok: UNESCO (2021), 15 pp.

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China’s Cyber Vision: How the Cyberspace Administration of China is Building a New Consensus on Global Internet Governance

Nathan Attrill, Audrey Fritz

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), International Cyber Policy Centre (2021), 19 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Serbia

Raiyan Kabir, Susannah Horton, Craig Jolley, Brennan Ireland, Mikael Baker

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2021), 58 pp.

"The Serbian government prioritizes digitalization. Serbia’s digital transformation accelerated in 2017 with the government’s focus on building a digital government, or “digitalization” as defined by Serbians, and Serbia’s participation in the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans. As one ... more

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Timor Leste: Internet Freedoms under Threat

Bangkog: Asia Centre (2021), 26 pp.

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"Infodemic" and SDGs: Internet Freedoms in Southeast Asia

Bangkog: Asia Centre (2021), 46 pp.

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La liberté d'expression sur internet au Maroc: Cadre légal et panorama des médias en ligne et non-formels

Jacques Grange, Hiba El Khamal

Lyon: Equal Rights & Independant Media (ERIM) (2021), 58 pp.

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No Space for Dissent: Bangladesh's Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online

London: Amnesty International (2021), 21 pp.

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Internet Freedoms in Cambodia: A Gateway to Control

Bangkog: Asia Centre (2021), 32 pp.

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The Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto

Christian Fuchs, Klaus Unterberger (eds.)

London: University of Westminster Press (2021), 127 pp.

"This book presents the collectively authored Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto and accompanying materials. The Internet and the media landscape are broken. The dominant commercial Internet platforms endanger democracy. They have created a communications landscape overwhelme ... more

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Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia
Deep Insights

Tina Burrett, Jeff Kingston (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xii, 402 pp.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Rights in Africa

African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (2020), 297 pp.

"This publication is a compilation of 19 articles by African researchers, academics, journalists and human and digital rights activists on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital rights in Africa. The articles were commissioned by the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec ... ) Coalition as part of its project on “Securing human rights online in Africa through a strong and active ‘African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms’ network”. The AfDec Coalition is a pan-African initiative which promotes human rights standards and principles of openness in internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent, guided by the 13 principles established in the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms. At the time that the papers were commissioned, in June 2020, African states had either invoked existing policies or adopted new policies for prevention of spread, containment and treatment of the virus that had an impact on the enjoyment of digital rights. For example, most governments employed the use of contact tracing applications to track and trace citizens’ movements and put in place measures criminalising free speech when it contained false information about the pandemic. These two examples had the potential to be abused, particularly the latter, which was used to silence journalists and government critics. The pandemic also moved most citizens’ communication, education, work, trade and access to basic services from physical interactions to primilary online interactions. However, the continent is still largely made up of informal economies, has a low internet penetration rate of 28.2% (far below the global average of around 53%), and has seen an increase in reports of digital rights violations resulting from repressive cyberlaws, making the efforts to address the pandemic inadequate and inequitable. These articles offer reflective analyses on government efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the AfDec principles, with a focus on a number of the principles including privacy and personal data protection, gender equality, freedom of expression, internet access and affordability, and the right to development and access to knowledge." (Introduction) more

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État des libertés sur Internet au Tchad 2019: Cartographie des tendances en matière de contrôle de l’Internet par les pouvoirs publics, 1999-2019

Simone Toussi

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 21 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Kenya

Molly Dean, Kwasi Donkor, Amy Paul, Olu Olutolak

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2020), 42 pp.

"Kenya’s digital ecosystem has significant strengths not yet fully leveraged: • Political interest in digital technology at national and county level: The Government of Kenya’s (GoK) digital economy blueprint, ICT Masterplan, and eCitizen (government service platform for Kenyan citizens and re ... more