Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Sarah McKune was profiled in the Review of Free Expression in Canada, published each year by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE).
Tag Archives: Freedom of Expression
Senior Researcher Sarah McKune profiled in CJFE publication
May 13, 2013 – 7:55 am
World Press Freedom Day: Don’t kill the cyber-messenger
May 3, 2013 – 1:42 pm
This post is written by Citizen Lab Visiting Fellow Luis Horacio Najera on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2013.
Russian authorities search Human Rights Watch offices
March 27, 2013 – 1:20 pm
Source: Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters
Russian authorities searched the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and three other prominent advocacy groups on Wednesday, part of a wave of hundreds of inspections that activists say is a campaign to silence criticism of President Vladimir Putin.
Russia steps up crackdown on rights groups, Internet
March 27, 2013 – 1:17 pm
Source: CPJ
Recent statements by Vladimir Putin and Russian Member of Parliament (MP) Aleksey Mitrofanov, as well as raids on human rights organizations, signal that the threat hanging over civil society and freedom of expression in Russia has become reality.
Civil society hung out to dry in global cyber espionage
March 4, 2013 – 7:09 pm
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune authored a new article in CircleID on the often overlooked dimension of cyber threats and cyber espionage: the targeting of civil society actors.
Call to help Tibetans puts pressure on Canada’s new religion envoy
February 26, 2013 – 1:33 pm
Source: The Globe and Mail
The political leader of exiled Tibetans is calling on Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom to investigate religious repression and suicide in his homeland, squeezing the week-old post into a tricky diplomatic position.
Chile takes Twitter user to court over parody
February 21, 2013 – 11:35 am
Source: Global Voices
A Twitter user is facing jail time in Chile after a powerful business mogul accused him of identity theft for creating parody accounts on the microblogging site.
An attempt to take tools from tyrants
February 18, 2013 – 1:17 pm
Source: Judy Dempsey, The New York Times
Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has been in jail since pro-democracy demonstrations began in Bahrain two years ago.
Mexico’s most vulnerable reporters lack digital security skills
February 11, 2013 – 1:30 pm
Source: Jessica Weiss, IJNet
In September 2011, two Mexican bloggers who reported frequently on local crime, including drug trafficking and related gang activity, were tortured and hanged on a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo, a town near the U.S. border.
Sombath case a ‘blow’ to ASEAN
February 6, 2013 – 11:52 am
Source: Radio Free Asia
The “forced disappearance” of Lao activist Sombath Somphone is a blow to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), rights groups said Tuesday.
