Internet Democracy Project

This piece was first published as an op-ed in the Hindustan Times on 3 July 2013.   More

At the recently concluded Freedom Online Coalition conference — [Freedom Online — Joint Action for Free Expression on the Internet] — Anja Kovacs was asked how security and human rights can be balanced, and whether conversations between governments and civil society like those at the meeting were aiding such efforts.   More

This is a call to governments from civil society. This call was presented during the Closing Ceremony of the Freedom Online Conference that took place in Tunis on 17 and 18 June 2013. This call captures the ​“sense of the room” at the Justice Tent that was organised at Nawaat on 17 June 2013.    More

The Internet Democracy Project was part of a broad alliance of civil society organisations from across the world who delivered the following statement to US Representatives of Congress on 18 June 2013. Like our letter to the UN Human Rights Council, it expresses grave concerns regarding the human rights implications of revelations of widespread state surveillance by the USA government under its PRISM program. It addresses in particular the consequences of these revelations for those who are considered ​“foreigners” by the USA. If you would like to see the list of signatories, please click here. A hard copy of the statement was also delivered to representatives of the US Government during the Freedom Online Conference in Tunis, again on 18 June.   More

The Internet Democracy Project was part of a broad alliance of civil society organisations from across the world who delivered the following statement to the UN Human Rights Council on 10 June 2013, to express grave concerns regarding the human rights implications of revelations of widespread state surveillance by the USA government under its PRISM program. Signatories to the statement at the time of delivering it can be found below. If you would like to see the current list of signatories, or add your own name, please click here.   More

The Internet Democracy Project has worked with a global coalition of civil society organisations in requesting the ITU to open up its Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues. If you or your organisation would like to sign up to the statement, or if you would like to see the current list of signatories to the statement, you can do so here. The full text of the statement is below.   More

During the recently concluded World Telecommunication Policy Forum, a small but tightly-knit group of civil society organisations followed the proceedings, either in-person or through remote participation. The Internet Democracy Project was one of them. Together, we wrote a statement to the meeting that was presented during the Closing Session by Matthew Shears from the Center for Democracy and Technology, USA, on behalf of all of us. The full text of that statement can be found below.   More

The Internet Democracy Project is part of a coalition of national and international human rights organisations supporting a call by Bolo Bhi and the Digital Rights Foundation against espionage and surveillance in Pakistan. If you would like to add your signature, please contact sana@​bolobhi.​org or nighat@​digitalrightsfoundation.​pk. The full text of the call is below.   More

Would you like to support this statement? If so, please email your name and any other information you would like to add (e.g. organisation, city) to Kamayani Bali Mahabal, at kamayni@​gmail.​com, by Sunday evening, 5 May, at the very latest.   More

This blog post is the final one in a series of ten blog posts to report on the EROTICS India workshop, recently concluded in Delhi.    More