On September 14, 2023, EngageMedia was invited to a stakeholder listening session in Bangkok to share how the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) would impact technology, trade, and fundamental human rights.
This report looks into the biometric and digital identification systems in seven South and Southeast Asian countries to understand the implications on human and digital rights, particularly threats to privacy and data security.
Internet censorship and content filtering have become a tool against freedom of information in South and Southeast Asia. This regional advocacy toolkit aims to empower CSOs and rights defenders to navigate these threats to digital rights.
Just as quickly as AI technologies are evolving, so, too, are these national and regional strategies on AI. This article calls on CSOs working in the human and digital rights fields to participate in the process of crafting these strategies.
How can digital rights defenders better collaborate with government and local and regional organisations? South and Southeast Asian digital rights organisations have responded by outlining strategies based on their shared challenges and learnings.
The research report aims to assess the digital rights impact of various ICT-related laws and policies enacted in six South and Southeast Asian countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Maldives, Nepal, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
The 2023 Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly public report is now available for download. We once again thank our DRAPAC23 funders, partners, and attendees for your support, participation, and feedback over the course of the event.
This series of blog posts, based on the South and Southeast Asia Digital Rights School held last April 2022, highlights ongoing challenges in promoting digital rights in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
The digital divide, limited legal mechanisms to protect data privacy, and cybercrime targeting vulnerable groups are some of the key digital rights issues in Nepal, based on insights from the South and Southeast Asia Digital Rights School.
