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Nasrin Sotoudeh Arrested by Security Agents

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.en-hrana.org/nasrin-sotoudeh-arrested-by-security-agents/

Nasrin Sotoudeh Arrested by Security Agents - Hrana

HRANA – Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist, was arrested by security agents at her home last night and transferred to an undisclosed location. Mehraveh Khandan, Ms. Sotoudeh’s daughter, announced in a post that her mother was arrested at her home on the evening of Wednesday, April 1. She also stated that electronic […]

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Home - Hrana 1d ago

At least 37 Citizens Arrested Across Multiple Provinces

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.en-hrana.org/at-least-37-citizens-arrested-across-multiple-provinces/

At least 37 Citizens Arrested Across Multiple Provinces - Hrana

HRANA – At least one citizen in Tehran, five in West Azerbaijan, 28 in Sistan and Baluchestan, and three others in Semirom were arrested by security forces in connection with the war. According to Tasnim, the Greater Tehran Police Information Center stated that the citizen was arrested for “operating under the cover of a trading […]

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The Japan Times 1d ago

Equating U.S. imperfection with authoritarian oppression is not moral clarity — it is strategic suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/03/japan/us-not-perfect-but-better-choice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #canada #australia #europe #eu #china #russia #iran #northkorea #crinks #humanrights #freedomofexpression

The Moon and the Turtle: A lesson in false equivalence

Following the United States does not mean following blindly; it means understanding that the CRINKs offer no alternative order worth living in.

The Japan Times

Balkan Insight 1d ago

Turkey to Require Social Media Users to Verify Their Identities

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/04/03/turkey-to-require-social-media-users-to-verify-their-identities/bi/

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Artists at Risk (AR)1d ago

#ArtistsatRisk #AR #Perpetuum #PerpetuumMobile #FreedomofExpression #Afghanistan #TemporaryRelocation #Acting #ArtisticFreedom #CulturalMemory #Resistance #Resilience #Germany #BAP

Open Rights Group 2d ago

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Michael J. Burgess 3d ago

Wartime internet shutdowns are not just about blocking websites. In Iran, they can mean digital isolation, surveillance, failing VPNs, and serious danger for people simply trying to contact family or access vital information.

This piece is worth your time:
https://www.techpolicy.press/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/

When a state can squeeze the internet down to a trickle, control communication, and punish attempts to evade censorship, the web stops being a public space and becomes a weapon.

#Iran #InternetShutdown #Censorship #Privacy #DigitalRights #FreedomOfExpression

What Digital Isolation and Censorship Evasion Look Like In Wartime Iran

The country’s government implemented a nationwide internet blackout shortly after the United States and Israel struck, Laura Scherling writes.

Tech Policy Press

Gerd_Brodowski 3d ago

#iran #palestine #jordan #kuwait #qatar #bahrain #uae : #humanrights / #uno / #ohchr / #freedomofexpression / #detention / #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #middleeast /

„From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people have reportedly been arrested in the first month of the ongoing war across the region, sparking alarm over #freespeech restrictions and state #repression.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167234

Middle East war: UN’s Türk decries ‘severe restrictions’ on free speech

From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people have reportedly been arrested in the first month of the ongoing war across the region, sparking alarm over free speech restrictions and state repression.

UN News

Michael J. Burgess 5d ago

Age gates keep getting sold as online safety, but EFF's latest piece on California's A.B. 1043 is a sharp reminder that they can become censorship infrastructure instead.

EFF argues that these systems push more people to hand over age data, increase breach risks, harm small and open-source developers, and chill lawful speech.

Read the link below.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone

Privacy, free expression, and open platforms rise or fall together. Which part of the web do you think is most at risk when age-gating becomes normal?

#Privacy #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #OpenSource #Decentralisation

A.B. 1043’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone

Legislators do not need to sacrifice their constituents' First Amendment rights and privacy to make a safer internet, but they can address many of the harms these proposals seek to mitigate.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Force One 5d ago

Friend or Foe, no expression over here.

#freedomofexpression