Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RIGHT TO KNOW DAY Interactive freedom of information maps launched ARTICLE 19 launches an interactive map on freedom of information laws for Right to Know Day 2012. The map shows the status of laws and bills worldwide. Over the coming weeks new data will be added, such as constitutional laws. Read more > RIGHT TO KNOW AND HEALTH POLICY PAPER A healthy knowledge This ARTICLE 19 policy brief examines the policy implications of nations’ international human rights obligations on the right to information and the right to health. Read more > Un Savoir Salutaire: Le droit à l’information et le droit à la santé Plus > Знание во здравие: Право на информацию и право на охрану здоровья больше > RIGHT TO KNOW MUSIC VIDEO Bangladesh: Tathya Adhikarer Gaan ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh has launched a song and music video to spread the word about the right to information and how to use the country's law. Tathya Adhikarer Gaan tells people how to use the law as a tool for ensuring development. Watch > --- STATEMENT Human Rights Council members should adopt resolution on safety of journalists ARTICLE 19 welcomes the draft UN Resolution on the Safety of Journalists. We urge the member states of the Human Rights Council to adopt it as a matter of priority. Read more > STATEMENT Human Rights Council: Reject resolution on "traditional values" UN Human Rights Council members should reject a draft resolution proposed by Russia on “traditional values” as the concept may be abused to legitimise discrimination against minority groups, to silence dissent, and violate people’s human rights. Read more > STATEMENT Mexico: The unremitting struggle against silence and impunity Between September 18-19, ARTICLE 19 Executive Director, Agnes Callamard and Global Coordinator for Protection, Ricardo Gonzalez undertook a mission to Ciudad Juarez on the border between Mexico and the USA to meet with ARTICLE 19 partners and assess the situation with regard to freedom of expression and freedom of the media following the partial withdraw of the Federal Police a year ago, and the full withdrawal of the military. Read more > México: Ciudad Juárez lucha sin tregua contra el silencio y la impunidad Más > PRESS RELEASE Sri Lanka: Editor threatened with death is sacked as ARTICLE 19's warning to UN comes true The new owner of the Sunday Leader has sacked editor Frederica Jansz just two months after she received death threats from Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and five months after ARTICLE 19 warned the UN human rights body that the president’s affiliates were buying up the private media in order to take editorial control over all critical voices in the country. Read more > PRESS RELEASE Somalia: Suicide bomb attack targets journalists, killing three ARTICLE 19 condemns the suicide bomb attack that left three Somali journalists dead and at least seven others seriously wounded. The attack took place in a café normally used by journalists. We urge the law enforcement authorities to launch a prompt and effective investigation into the incident and bring those responsible to justice. Read more >  Find us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  Follow our RSS feed  Forward to a friend