An ecosystem of digital repression: The silencing of women human rights defenders and other pro-democracy activists in Myanmar

An ecosystem of digital repression: The silencing of women human rights defenders and other pro-democracy activists in Myanmar

Since the military coup in 2021, Myanmar has witnessed an alarming escalation in digital repression. The tactics used have disproportionately affected human rights defenders (HRDs), particularly women human rights defenders (WHRDs), who are subject to harassment and threats both online and offline and persecuted through the criminalisation of free speech.