LASIR: Empowering national and local actors in their defence of human rights on the internet

Source: CIPESA.org

Since early 2015, the Local Action to Secure Internet Rights (LASIR) project has focused on empowering national and local actors in their defence of human rights on the internet, in countries as diverse as South Korea, Brazil, the Philippines, India, Jordan, Uganda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Kenya and Tunisia. All LASIR partners are strong local organisations, with ongoing work on internet rights. They are developing, together with APC, integrated strategies of policy research, context analysis, coalition building, media outreach and popular engagement.

Now that the project has reached its final stage, APC is sharing a series of interviews to highlight the participants’ experiences and conclusions.

• Article 19 Kenya: Equipping NGOs with knowledge of online censorship

• Article 19 Tunisia: Equipping civil society organisations with knowledge of online censorship

• CIPESA: Raising awareness on internet policy laws in Uganda

• Foundation for Media Alternatives: A Philippine Multistakeholder Forum on Internet Governance

• Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade: Privacy and the Marco Civil Consultation

• IT for Change: Net neutrality and community broadband in India

• Jordan Open Source Association: Working on the Jordan Charter of Digital Rights

• Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet: “It’s not easy to make the general public understand how surveillance affects them”

• One World Platform: Internet rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina