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Thursday 23 August 2012

Do the same pussy riots in US synagogues, temples, and churches...

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PRESS RELEASE

Russia: ARTICLE 19 condemns guilty verdict in Pussy Riot case

As ARTICLE 19 protested outside Russia’s London Embassy a verdict of guilty was announced in the trial against Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, three members of the punk feminist group Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova, Alekhina and Samutsevich were charged under Article 213(2) of the Criminal Code, which covers hooliganism.  Read more >
ARTICLE 19 protest photo

STATEMENT

Russia: Prison sentences for Pussy Riot violate freedom of expression

The conviction and two-year prison sentences given on 17 August 2012 to three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich violate their right to freedom of expression. Read more >

LEGAL ANALYSIS

South Sudan: Right of Access to Information Bill

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the initiative of the Government of South Sudan to create a legal framework for the implementation of the right to access information. The Draft Bill positively enshrines a number of progressive principles on the right of access to information. At the same time, the Draft Bill still contains several areas of concern, which ARTICLE 19 strongly urges the government to amend before enactment. Read more >

LEGAL ANALYSIS

Kazakhstan: Civil Code Restrictions on Freedom of Expression

Despite some positive elements of the regime, such as the right of reply, and the explicit provision that legal entities cannot claim compensation for moral harm of defamation, the regulation fails to provide safeguards for free expression and meet international defamation standards. Read more >

STATEMENT

Pakistan: Government must stop 'kill switch' tactics

ARTICLE 19 and Bytes for All, Pakistan, condemn the authorities in Pakistan for the practise of implementing regional and city-wide bans on mobile phone networks – so-called ‘kill switch’ tactics - in Balochistan and other parts of the country.  The kill switch has been implemented at times of national celebration, most recently on Eid Day on 20 August 2012. We call on the Pakistan authorities to refrain from developing and applying these techniques as they are incompatible with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of information. Read more >

PRESS RELEASE

Burma: Pre-publication censorship ended for all newspapers

ARTICLE 19 welcomes today’s announcement by the Press Scrutiny and Registration Department that the requirement for the press to submit articles to the government for approval before publishing has ended. Read more >

PRESS RELEASE

The Gambia: Security agents arbitrarily raid and shut down community radio station

ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the Gambian security services arbitrarily raided and shut down the Gambian community radio station, Taranga FM, on the night of 14-15 August. Taranga FM has been shut down before and this most recent raid comes at a time when the Gambia is seeing increasing violations of the right to freedom of expression. Read more >

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Burma: Chinese feel the heat from Directive 51

It's emerged today that the Chinese are feeling the heat from the 'reforms' process in neighbouring Burma. In an editorial by editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin, in the Communist Party's English-language newspaper, Global Times, the government was warned not to follow the reforms process in Burma. Read more >

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