The undersigning civil society organizations express our concern over the global trend of persecuting digital rights defenders –including security researchers and trainers who act to protect and promote human rights. We demand the strong protection of their work and their recognition as human rights defenders.
Either through laws that criminalize their activity or through judicial persecution meant to silence and punish them, their work and lives are being jeopardized. This trend has a detrimental effect on human rights, both online and offline. Cases like the political interference in the criminal case against Ola Bini in Ecuador, the investigation and the arbitrary measures taken against Javier Smaldone in Argentina, as well as the cases of Alaa Abd El Fattah in Egypt, Fikret Baskaya in Turkey, Ahmed Mansoor in the UAE and many others, are part of a growing and dangerous global trend.
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