Access to a free, open, and secure internet is essential for human rights defenders, yet repressive governments often target VPN services and other circumvention tools to tighten their control over information.

Backed by a group of civil society organisations supporting human rights defenders in Asia-Pacific, the DRAPAC VPN Project is designed to resist blocking by internet censors. Its decentralised structure keeps data under users’ control, enhancing privacy and security, unlike centralised commercial VPNs that store data on company servers and may expose it to third parties.

Through the DRAPAC VPN Project, we provide FREE VPN support, empowering human rights defenders to bypass online censorship and protect themselves from digital surveillance. The project currently supports Outline, a decentralised VPN that gives users control by letting them run and maintain their own servers. 

Built on the Shadowsocks protocol, Outline disguises VPN traffic as regular internet traffic, making it harder to detect and block. Its adaptable configuration further strengthens protection, even in highly restrictive environments.