Right2Know Campaign

Category: Security State & Intelligence

Invite: Aziz Choudry on the Surveillance of Activists

Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence

Invite: Aziz Choudry on the Surveillance of Activists

Join Amandla and the Right2Know Campaign for a public talk with Aziz Choudry on the Surveillance of Activists. DATE: Monday 3 December 2018 TIME: 10h00 – 12h00 VENUE: AIDC Solidarity Centre, 129 Rochester Rd, Observatory,...

Victory: New Cybercrimes Bill kicks government spies off the Internet (for now)

Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence

Victory: New Cybercrimes Bill kicks government spies off the Internet (for now)

Yesterday the National Assembly approved a vastly redrafted version of the Cybercrimes Bill. (See the latest Bill here.) R2K welcomes the scrapping of sections of the Bill that would have given the State Security...

R2K’s Activist Tabloid: Your Right2Know December 2018

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R2K’s Activist Tabloid: Your Right2Know December 2018

Greetings R2K comrades and supporters. Get our December edition of  Your Right2Know – our tabloid newspaper which strongly condemns the killing of activists who are targeted for speaking out against corruption across South Africa but...

R2K calls for Ministers to democratise communications and rollback securitisation at Home Affairs!

Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence

R2K calls for Ministers to democratise communications and rollback securitisation at Home Affairs!

The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the merging of the Department of Communications and the Department of Telecommunications, reversing the disastrous decision to split these functions apart four years ago.  We likewise note the appointment of...

If you have a phone, this is how government spies on you

Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Media Freedom / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence / Whistleblowers

If you have a phone, this is how government spies on you

This article below was published by The Citizen.  south africa 5.7.2018 06:10 am By Brian Sokutu Ramaphosa has been urged to ‘move with speed’ in starting legislative reforms to curb abuse of surveillance by spooks. South...

R2K Report on Surveillance of Journalists in South Africa

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R2K Report on Surveillance of Journalists in South Africa

The Right2Know Campaign has launched a new report on surveillance of journalists in South Africa. This is the latest contribution to growing evidence of systemic surveillance abuses in South Africa. R2K has previously shown...

Surveillance Report: R2K launches SPOOKED

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Surveillance Report: R2K launches SPOOKED

On Wednesday, 04 July 2018, the Right2Know Campaign launches SPOOKED, a new report on surveillance of journalists in South Africa, followed by a panel discussion on media freedom and the threat of state spying....