> Can you show me some citations for this claim? You are the only person
> I've ever heard make the suggestion that half the world is so opposed to
> human rights that they ban any mention of it.
I did not say or imply they ban any mention of human rights. Merely that when Western human rights is a stated core goal of the organization, the government often treats the organization worse. These organizations are viewed as "foreign nations wishing to influence internal politics". And therefore have an increased risk of being banned. Everything else being equal, being banned is harmful to the Tor's most needy users.
As for citations...
* I got my example speaking with a mid-level Infocomm Development Authority in Singapore where they were causally talking about banning Tor because, "It creates social unrest. And what good does it do for us?" To which I proposed the whistleblowing, and they seemed satisfied with that answer.
Off the top of my head, I recall two local examples.
* In Singapore they occasionally ban "activist groups". Here's one famous example. Unfortunately I never saw mention of which exact groups/people were banned. FWIW, I suspect that if the activists had instead presented themselves as "anti-corruption" or "anti-colonial-power", they likely would have been accepted. As Singapore is *all about these*---the branding matters.
* This year in Malaysia (about 25km away), they banned a pro-democracy human rights activist because he was considered "representative of foreign interference."
* For larger more western, structured organization, the closest one that immediately comes to mind is the National Endowment for Democracy. And they have been recently banned in both Russia as well as China.
If you have any particular areas I can try to find examples for those, but these four examples above are representative of the sorts of things you see throughout the Southeast Asia region. China is the most aggressive. And Singapore/Indonesia/Malaysia are after that. Thailand used to represent the liberal wing of the region, but they had a coup in 2015 and have cracked down severely.
-V