This side event was organised by Human Rights House Foundation on 11 May 2026.
Over the two years, the government of the Russian Federation has further consolidated its system of repression, systematically eliminating space for independent civil society, free expression, and dissent. Increasingly, repression includes the use of digital technologies to restrict the exercise of freedoms of assembly, association, and expression, among others and to target the work of civic actors, including human rights defenders. Abroad, Russian authorities are using digital technology to target dissenting and opposition voices and spread disinformation.
