How the UN Cybercrime Treaty is Advancing Transnational Repression in Southeast Asia | #cybercrime | #infosec

Why

Save the date: 29 June 2026! Digital repression doesn’t stop at borders, and neither does our resistance.

When diplomatic pressure cancelled RightsCon (@rightscon) the world’s leading digital rights forum, we made a choice: keep going. Join us for a critical conversation that was meant to take place in Zambia, now coming to you through a webinar, live on Manushya’s Facebook and YouTube.

2:15 – 3:45 PM Kathmandu
3:30 – 5:00 PM Bangkok
6:30 – 8:00 PM Naarm (Melbourne)

Across Southeast Asia, governments are using cybersecurity laws to surveil, silence, and pursue dissidents across borders. The UN Cybercrime Treaty gives those practices a legal veneer, and civil society needs to be ready.

Hear from experts from ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship.

Panellists:

Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit), Manushya Foundation (@manushyafoundation)
Noor Azizah (@noor.azizah.rohingya), Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network (@rohingyawomencollaborative)
Seng Sovathana, Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Nenden Arum, SAFEnet (@safenetvoice)
Dr Jean Linis-Dinco, Manushya Foundation

Moderated by Debbie Stothard (@debbiestot), ALTSEAN BURMA (@altseanburma)

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