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Signals From a Silenced Internet – Mapping Digital Repression in Pakistan: A Nationwide Community-Led Monitoring Study
The study was conducted over six months which began with DRF choosing 15 Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) as monitors from all over Pakistan, belonging to areas that were identified as hotspots for disruptive internet activities, and subsequently providing them with multiple training workshops to build their capacity.
The Feminist Helpline Research Initiative
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) has emerged as an escalating global crisis, intensifying as digital platforms become increasingly intertwined with everyday life.
Unveiling Cyber-Surveillance Technologies in South Asia
Pakistan's history of communications surveillance can be traced back to British colonial rule, when it primarily involved physical surveillance and monitoring carried out via agencies including the Special Branch, Criminal Investigation Agency, and Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence and AI Enabled NCII in South Asia Risks and the Way Forward
AI tools now enable the rapid creation of sexualized, non-consensual deepfakes targeting women—public figures, journalists, politicians, activists, and ordinary users alike.
Hatred With Impunity: How Far-Right Networks Are Putting South Asian Lives at Risk in the UK
In the year ending March 2025, there were 137,550 hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales, a rise for the first time in three years.[2] Asian people, who make up just 9.3% of the population, accounted for over 31% of all victims of racially aggravated hate crime where ethnicity was known
DRF US at the GNI/MAP-AI Satellite Event: Championing Feminist and Global South Perspectives in AI Governance
DRF US raised the urgent issue of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII), a growing harm supercharged by generative AI tools. As deepfake technology becomes more accessible, women and gender-diverse individuals face unprecedented risks of image-based abuse.