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Blocking a VPNs official website is the most common way to prevent citizens using the service

Globally, an increase in anti-LGBTQ+ intolerance is impacting individuals and communities both online and off. The digital rights community has observed an uptick in censorship of LGBTQ+ websites as well as troubling attempts by several countries to pass explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ bills restricting...

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State of press freedom in Central Asia, coming water crisis, resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Kyrgyz court upholds request to shut down Radio Azattyk; RFE/RL renews call for the release of imprisoned journalists in Belarus and Russia-occupied Crimea; and more

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) says evidence shows Kazakhstan has been limiting access to RFE/RL's websites in the Central Asian country over the past seven months, a period that began just ahead of snap general elections.

A court in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to eight years in prison amid a crackdown on the religious group.

The 10th Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF23) has started in Nairobi. DRIF23 is a three-day event with 600 people from all over

Panelist said there was need for a multi-stakeholder collaboration in the delivery of internet access.

Russia intensified its air power in recent weeks across airfields in Crimea and Rostov Oblast while continuing to pressure Bahkmut.