Karolina Zbytniewska / 02 Dec 2021
Playing the Refugee Card
The Polish Border Crisis
Snow fell. The sight of it at first evoked a deeply ingrained childhood joy in me. However, a correction came almost immediately.(...)
Belarus
Tanya Lokot / 07 Apr 2021
Technology Against Human Rights
Cellebrite’s Surveillance Software
Cellebrite, an Israeli digital intelligence company known for making software tools used to extract data from smartphones, has announced it will halt sales to Russian and Belarus state security services.(...)
Tanya Lokot / 08 Mar 2021
Always Under Surveillance
COVID-19 and Digital Freedoms in Eastern Europe
From genome sequencing to track virus mutations, to smartphone apps monitoring close contacts with those who test positive, countries around the world have harnessed technological solutions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.(...)
Ales Plotka / 23 Dec 2020
Remaking Belarus
New Protest Strategies
In Belarus, demonstrators continue to resist and protest, refusing to recognise the results of the 9 August presidential election in which Alyaksandr Lukashenka claimed a sixth consecutive term.(...)