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Network of Human Rights Organizations in response to COVID-19, South Korea

In the era of COVID-19, is South Korea’s "new normal" a digital surveillance state?

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EngageMedia: The conviction of Maria Ressa: Weaponising cyber libel to suppress freedom of speech

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EngageMedia

EngageMedia: Monitoring the ruling on 2019 internet shutdowns in Papua and West Papua

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Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)

Philippines: Guilty verdict against Rappler is proof of "cybercrime law's potential to be used for impunity, censorship, and to chill press freedom"

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Speaking of Hatred: Deconstructing the gendered nature of religion-based hate and violence

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Engage Media's Pretty Good Podcast: Discussions on digital rights in Asia-Pacific

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Foundation for Media Alternatives

FMA: Human rights groups condemn Philippine Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, call for mass resistance

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APCNews

How do digital laws in Asia impact human rights?

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APCNews

Challenging hate: Presentation on hatred, religion and gender in South and Southeast Asia

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DEF: Hungry, broken, bruised, disappointed

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Coconet: Singing about global issues and COVID-19 with the Marapu community

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Anjali Vajre for Gram Marg Rural Broadband

Community Networks Stories: "Pink... the colour of my internet"

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Joshua Muyiwa for GenderIT.org

Who run the Instagram Live? Girls!

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Body and Data: Common myths and misinformation about COVID-19 in Nepal

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Common Room

Community Networks Stories: Creating songs with children in an Indonesian indigenous village

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Bottom-up Connectivity Strategies: What can we learn from the research to make advocacy for community networks more effective?