Voices

This project begins with listening.

Before the tools, before the code — we ask writers to speak. Not about abstractions, but about the real ways expression is blocked, monitored, or punished.

These testimonies are the foundation.

Each one reveals the tactics used to intimidate or erase — and each helps shape a response built not on theory, but on lived experience.

We collect these voices carefully, and we share them with respect.
They are not just stories. They are instructions.

Testimonies

Issa

Cleared mines in Iran, uncovered buried crimes, and paid the price for refusing silence.

Aslı Ceren Aslan

Told the truth from the warzone, stood in for silenced colleagues, and was imprisoned for her journalism.

// voices.js :: AES-451 Module

const voicesModule = {
  name: "Witness Statements from the Silenced",
  status: "Ongoing",
  purpose: "Document and share how censorship affects writers and journalists",
  method: [
    "First-hand testimony",
    "Digital repression case studies",
    "Technology-based censorship tactics",
    "Surveillance & device seizure reports",
    "Acts of resistance and subversion"
  ],
};