CIVICUS

CIVICUS Monitor highlights Singapore’s tightening grip on online expression and media censorship

18 August 2023

CIVICUS Monitor’s latest update on Singapore points to increased online censorship, challenges to media freedom, targeting of activists, and restrictions on positive LGBTQI+ online portrayals.

Human rights NGOs decry intimidation and retaliation in Cambodia’s election fallout

26 July 2023

FORUM-ASIA and CIVICUS condemn the handling of Cambodia’s recent elections, underscoring government intimidation, retaliation, and suppression of dissent. Both NGOs urge respect for citizens’ right to free and fair elections while expressing solidarity with Cambodia’s human rights activists.

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