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– Rights groups call on Palestine to reform restrictive cybercrimes law (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 25, 2017

The Justice Ministry has proposed striking some repressive provisions in the 2017 law in response to concerns from civil society groups, but left in place others that would allow disproportionate and arbitrary restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, privacy, and protection of data.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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