COVID-19

In Asia, democracy is tested by coronavirus and China

In Southeast Asia, where democracy has been sliding back in a number of countries, leaders have used the pandemic to boost their authoritarian rule in the name of a state of emergency. They have restricted freedoms, tightened law enforcement, and abused their emergency powers. But citizens are pushing back, a silver lining in these bleak times.

Press Freedom

Southeast Asia uses pandemic and spread of disinformation to restrict press freedom

The health crisis became an excuse to tighten restrictions on news coverage and harass journalists, sending chills to newsrooms in the region. This wave of repression came on top of authorities clamping down on ‘fake news,’ using the supposed spread of disinformation as a justification to attack the press.

Jasmin Revolution ...10 years and stories to tell !

10 years on: A decade after the first #Degage to dictatorship: Hope for Freedom

10 years on: A decade after the first #Degage to dictatorship : little hope remains

Real Story of Lie

Real Story of Lie tells you the story of how propaganda and disinformation work in Georgia, who are victims, and who is in charge of these campaigns. The movie investigates the ways fake news websites operate in Georgia and how the state may benefit by distributing fake news through social media.

Eyes on the Tunisian Political System

Eyes on the Tunisian Political System

Covid-19 Pandemic

In Bangladesh, “Infodemic” is more Dangerous and Worrying than the Coronavirus Pandemic

The first three known cases of COVID-19 were reported in Bangladesh on 8 March 2020 by IEDCR. Referring to the spread of fake news around the coronavirus, the Director General of WHO used the term “Infodemic”. Thanks to the massive usage of Internet, smart phones and social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp, misinformation and fake news related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 is more viral than the virus itself.

Liberal Human Rights Work 2020

The FNF Human Rights Report

The year 2020 in review is dominated by the Corona pandemic. The virus has highlighted the importance of striking the right balance between health protection and freedom. But the pandemic has also revealed that more and more governments and state leaders around the world are inciting and fuelling fears amongst citizens to justify rigid restrictions of fundamental freedoms instead of grounding their power in the rule of law and human rights.

Escalation in Western Sahara

There have been repeated skirmishes and disputes between the Moroccan armed forces and the Frente Polisario liberation movement in the past. However, the fact that one party no longer wants to respect the 1991 cease-fire agreement marks a new level of escalation and is a major cause for concern in the region.

The World's First Human Rights Club for Prisoners

Since 2000, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, together with its partner organisation Centre des Droits des Gens, has been committed to the rights of prisoners in Moroccan prisons...

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Turkey's Curricula From 2005 to 2020: Gender Equality and Secularism Research Report

"Turkey's Curricula From 2005 to 2020: Gender Equality and Secularism Research Report" reveals the differences of three curricula put into effect in the last fifteen years in terms of gender equality and secularism concepts. By having a comparative look at the 2005, 2015 and 2018 curricula the report sheds light on the situation of secularism and gender equality within the Turkish education system.