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FOTN 2016 Acknowledgements

Donors

U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy

Human Rights and Labor (DRL)

Google

Schloss Family Foundation

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Facebook

Internet Society

Yahoo

Twitter

Research Team

Sanja Kelly, Director, Freedom on the Net

Mai Truong, Program Manager (Africa)

Adrian Shahbaz, Research Manager (MENA)

Madeline Earp, Senior Research Analyst (Asia)

Jessica White, Research Analyst (Latin America and the EU)

Rose Dlougatch, Senior Research Associate (Eurasia)

Report Authors and Advisers

Argentina: Eduardo Ferreyra, Valeria Milanes, Jeannette Torrez, Leandro Ucciferri, Free Expression & Privacy team, Association for Civil Rights (ADC)

Armenia: Artur Papyan, Internet Journalist at RFE/RL, and media development consultant

Australia: Dr. Alana Maurushat, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Co-Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Community, The University of New South Wales

Azerbaijan: Arzu Geybulla, Azerbaijani journalist

Brazil: Fabrício Bertini Pasquot Polido, Professor, Law School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and Head of the Center for International Studies on Internet, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (GNET); Carolina Rossini, Vice President of International Policy, Public Knowledge, and Board Member, Open Knowledge Foundation, InternetLab, and CodingRights 

Cambodia: Sopheap Chak , Executive Director, Cambodian  Center for Human Rights, and human rights blogger

Canada: Allen Mendehlson, Canadian lawyer specializing in internet and technology law

Colombia: Law, Internet, and Society Group, Fundación Karisma

Cuba: Ernesto Hernández Busto , Cuban journalist and writer

Ecuador: Andrés Delgado-Ron, independent consultant

Estonia: Linnar Viik, Lecturer, Board Member, Estonian IT College

France: Jean-Loup Richet, Researcher, University of Nantes

Georgia: Teona Turashvili, E-Governance Direction Lead, Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)

Germany: Philipp Otto, Founder and Head, iRights.Lab think tank and iRights.Media publishing house, Editor in Chief, iRights.info, political strategist, advisor to the German government and companies; Henning Lahmann, Policy Analyst, iRights.Lab 

Hungary:Dalma Dojcsák and Máté Szabó, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

Iceland: Caroline Nellemann, independent consultant, specialist in digital media and civic engagement

India: Sarvjeet Singh, Programme Manager, Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi; Parul Sharma, Analyst, Center for Communication Governance; assistance from Nishtha Sinha and Vaibhav Dutt, Students, B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), National Law University

Indonesia: Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum, Senior Researcher, ELSAM (The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy)

Iran: Kyle Bowen and Mahmood Enayat, Small Media

Italy: Giampiero Giacomello, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Bologna

Japan: Dr. Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba

Jordan: Lina Ejeilat, Co-founder and Executive Editor, 7iber

Kazakhstan: Adilzhan Nurmakov, Senior Lecturer, KIMEP University

Kenya: Grace Githaiga, Associate, Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)

Kyrgyzstan: Artem Goryainov, IT Programs Director, Public Foundation CIIP

Lebanon: Firas Talhouk, Program Manager, Public Policy Lab at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut

Libya: Fadil Aliriza, journalist, researcher, political analyst, and Tunisia Project Manager, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Malawi: Gregory Gondwe, Bureau Chief, Times Media Group, Malawi

Malaysia: K Kabilan, Managing Editor, BeritaDaily.com, and online media consultant

Mexico: Jorge Luis Sierra, Knight International Journalism Fellow, International Center for Journalists, and award-winning Mexican journalist

Morocco: Bouziane Zaid, Associate Professor of Media and Communication, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane

Myanmar: Min Zin, Executive Director, Institute for Strategy and Policy: Myanmar

Nigeria: ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria

Pakistan: Nighat Dad, Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan; Adnan Ahmad Chaudhri, Associate Researcher, Digital Rights Foundation

Russia: Darya Luganskaya, freelance journalist

Singapore: Cherian George, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University

South Africa: Zororo Mavindidze, Senior Researcher, Freedom of Expression Institute

South Korea: Dr. Yenn Lee, Doctoral Training Advisor, SOAS, University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)

Sri Lanka: N. V. Nugawela, consultant and researcher

Syria: Dlshad Othman, information security expert

Uganda: Lillian Nalwoga, Policy Officer, CIPESA, and President, Internet Society Uganda Chapter

Ukraine: Tetyana Lokot, Ukrainian media researcher, Lecturer in Journalism, Dublin City University

United Kingdom: Aaron Ceross, Researcher in Cyber Security, University of Oxford

United States: Laura Reed, independent researcher

Uzbekistan: Dr. Zhanna Hördegen, Research Associate, University Research Priority Program (URPP) Asia and Europe, University of Zurich, and independent consultant

Venezuela: Raisa Urribarri, Director, Communications Lab for Teaching, Research and Community Extension (LIESR) at the University of Los Andes

Zambia: Brenda Bukowa, Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Mass Communication, University of Zambia

The analysts for the reports on Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Jordan, Rwanda, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Zimbabwe are independent internet researchers who have asked to remain anonymous.

Freedom House would also like to thank the Internet Society (ISOC) and ISOC country chapters representatives -- including: Athena Morgan, ISOC Kenya chapter; Amrita Choudhury, Treasurer, ISOC India-Delhi Chapter; and Simbarashe Machiridza, ISOC Zimbabwe chapter; as well as ISOC chapter representatives who have asked to remain anonymous -- for providing valuable feedback on Freedom on the Net 2016 country reports.

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