EngageMedia joins various organisations in calling for safeguarding fundamental rights in Bangladesh and restoring the country’s communication and Internet services that can save lives during a conflict.
The LGBTQI+ community in Bangladesh, already marginalized and residing in the shadows of conservative societies, faces a larger threat under repressive laws like the Cyber Security Act 2023 (CSA).
Read in English စာရေးသူသည် များစွာသော လူငယ်စွမ်းရည်မြှင့်တင်မှုဆိုင်ရာ စီမံကိန်းများတွင် ပါဝင်ခဲ့သော လူငယ်ပညာရှင်တစ်ဦး ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ အရှေ့တောင်အာရှတွင်သာမက အာရှပစိဖိတ်ဒေသတစ်ခွင်မှာပါ အင်တာနက်ဆိုင်ရာ ပြဿနာရပ်များ၊ ဒီဂျစ်ပိုင်းနှင့်သက်ဆိုင်သော စိတ်ရောကိုယ်ပါ ကျန်းမာကောင်းမွန်စေရေး၊ ဒီဂျစ်တယ်လုံခြုံရေး စသည့် ဒိကိစ္စရပ်များနှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီး
In Bangladesh, stories of stifled expression and oppression are increasingly common. Repressive laws, frequent internet shutdowns, and censorship are some of the obstacles faced by young citizens who seek to voice their opinions in a digital age.
Hong Kong has recently recorded a rapid outflow of its own people. Under the wave of emigration, everyone is grappling with the decision to go or to stay. Amidst societal and political changes, I am among those who have made this difficult decision.
香港最近出現了本國人口快速外流的情況。 在移民浪潮下，每個人都在糾結去或留的決定。 在社會和政治變革中，我是做出這個艱難決定的人之一。
Activists and human rights defenders in Myanmar are concerned by the possibility of biometric data collection being used in tandem with surveillance technology to further restrict people’s rights.
More people rely on social media and other platforms to access news and exercise their right to free expression, but internet users in Cambodia are increasingly facing threats in online spaces, being targeted by attacks and repressive laws.
The research report aims to assess the digital rights impact of various ICT-related laws and policies enacted in six South and Southeast Asian countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Maldives, Nepal, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
