Human rights
ONI Blog: Russian Government Shuts Down Public Health Website
Yesterday, Human Rights Watch reported that the Russian government deliberately shut down the website of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice. The website discussed the drug methadone, which is known to be effective in combatting opiate addiction...
ONI Blog: Iran Creates Stricter Controls in Internet Cafés Ahead of Elections
The Iranian government is stepping up controls on the Internet in the country, just in time for the country's legislative elections in March. New measures have been placed on Internet cafés that will now require users to provide...
- Posted on 20/Jan/2012; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Human rights, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Rwandan Government Accused of Role in Online Journalist's Murder
A Rwandan online journalist's death late last year has stirred up controversy, with some alleging the Rwandan government had a hand in the murder. Charles Ingabire, an online news editor for the news website Inyenyeri, was shot last month in a...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: December 16, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 16/Dec/2011; tagged in Egypt, Rwanda, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma
There is growing concern about the use of commercial filtering and surveillance technology in countries that regularly restrict Internet content and violate human rights. Considerable attention has been focused in recent weeks on Syria, particularly following the Syrian regime’s violent crackdown against...
- Posted on 09/Nov/2011; tagged in Burma, Syria, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Human rights, Surveillance, Publications, ONI, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Anonymous' attack on Syrian Defense Ministry website: A window into the group's changing agenda?
Early this week, the online hacking community Anonymous launched a cyber attack on the Syrian Ministry of Defense website. This attack is one of the latest in a series of attacks by Anonymous/LulzSec against governments and companies perceived to be engaging...
- Posted on 10/Aug/2011; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Defamation, Take-down, Human rights, Surveillance
ONI Blog: France to disconnect first Internet users under three strikes regime
A high school teacher who claims not to know how to download music and movies is among the first ten people in France who face disconnection from the Internet over alleged illegal file-sharing.
HADOPI, the government agency created to implement the French “three...
ONI Blog: Saudi Government Blocks Amnesty International’s Website
On July 22, Amnesty International posted a secret draft of a Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism law, titled "Draft Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism." In response, the government of Saudi Arabia has blocked Amnesty International's website.
According to...
- Posted on 26/Jul/2011; tagged in Saudi Arabia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Human rights
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 8th, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 08/Jul/2011; tagged in China, Australia, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Search result removal, Human rights, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Protests mark the second anniversary of the "Twitter Revolution" in Iran
According to The Wall Street Journal, approximately 15,000 people gathered in Tehran on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of the the disputed presidential election of 2009, which led to the Iranian election protests and the so-called ...
- Posted on 15/Jun/2011; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Elections
