ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
ACT Alliance for Change and Transparency
AFEX Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange
AI Artificial intelligence
AMLO Andrés Manuel López Obrador
CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi
CODECA Comité de Desarrollo Campesino
CSO Civil and society organisation
DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo
EACJ East African Court of Justice
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
EPRDF Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
FOE Freedom of expression
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
HRD Human rights defenders
IP Internet Protocol
KFS Kenya Forest Service
LGBTQ+ Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer
MENA Middle East and Northern Africa
MRVA Movimiento Ríos Vivos Antioquia
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OLF Oromo Liberation Front
OMN Oromia Media Network
OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PiS Law and Justice
PWHF Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
RTI Right to information
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SLAPP Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
TCRA Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
VPN Virtual private network
WHRD Women human rights defenders