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Since overthrowing its elected government in 2021, the Taliban have amassed a terrible record of misrule in Afghanistan. The country’s media sector has collapsed, minorities are subjected to horrendous violence, and women and girls have watched their rights disappear.
Freedom House joined with the Afghan-Canadian Civil Society Forum—founders of Afghanistan Human Rights Coordination Mechanism
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—to conduct a survey to determine the needs of Afghan human rights defenders and gauge the effects of Taliban rule. The findings of the report
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, though grim, are clear about what Afghanistan’s human rights defenders need to keep the cause of freedom alive.
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The Rise Of State-Aligned Platforms From Repressive Contexts
The growing interest in alternative, emerging platforms reflects people’s interest in—and the very real need for—a more diverse market. It also exemplifies how governments are increasing their authority over traditional tech giants to coerce them into censorship and surveillance.
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China’s Protesters Need the Global Internet
In late November 2022, people across China joined in a decentralized movement with overlapping aims, including mourning for the Urumqi victims, removal of rigid restrictions associated with the regime’s “zero COVID” policy, and in protest of strict political controls. The result was one of the most open challenges to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule in decades.
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REPORT LAUNCH: A Needs Assessment of Afghan Human Rights Defenders
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