INFOGRAPHIC
Mexico: 41 attacks on media
In six years, 41 media outlets have been attacked with
explosives or guns in Mexico. ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America is
monitoring and helping to protect media workers and outlets. Read more >
LEGAL ANALYSIS
Ethiopia: Proclamation on Telecom Fraud Offences
In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 finds the recently adopted Proclamation
761/2012 on Telecom Fraud Offences (“the Proclamation”) to be
fundamentally flawed from a freedom of expression and information
perspective, and recommends its immediate repeal.
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STATEMENT
The Gambia: Arresting and Detaining Court Reporters Damages Public Trust in the Judiciary
ARTICLE 19 is concerned about the arbitrary arrest and detention of
three Gambian journalists who were investigated for alleged contempt of
court. These actions against journalists reporting on court cases
prevented them from informing the public about the work of the
judiciary. ARTICLE 19 calls on the Gambian authorities to provide
remedies for the violations of the journalists’ rights to liberty and
freedom of expression and to ensure that the media is free to report
legal proceedings in the public interest.
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Crude Accountability
In May we met with a journalist from the Uralskaya Nedelya newspaper,
Lukpan Akhmedyarov, soon after he was attacked. Lukpan Akhmedyarov is
not only a popular journalist. He is also known for his active
participation in social and political life of Kazakhstan and his
principled position.
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Mr Putin: insult is not a crime, so why prosecute Pussy Riot?
The Russian authorities should immediately release the three members of
the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot and drop all criminal charges.
ARTICLE 19 calls for the fundamental right to freedom of expression to
be adhered to and for the authorities to ensure that no one is
imprisoned for expressing peaceful critical political views.
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Burmese irony
This is a leaked photo of the frontpage of a Burmese weekly journal, The
Nation, after it comes back from the pre-publication censorship board
and is covered in red lines for mandatory removal. Oh the irony.
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