Thursday, 21 February 2013

PRESS RELEASE

United Kingdom: Ruling on Google’s liability is bad news for free speech online

Last week, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled that Google could be liable as publisher for comments posted on its Blogger platform if it fails to act promptly in response to notice of a complaint. Read more >

UPDATE

Azerbaijan: The international community must ask for the release of prisoners targeted for exercising their right to free speech

ARTICLE 19, as part of the International Partnership Group on Azerbaijan and the Civic Solidarity Platform, calls on the international community to hold Azerbaijan to the commitments it has taken before the Council of Europe, UN and in its partnership with the European Union to uphold freedom of expression and association. Read more >

EVENT

Kazakh night: Celebrating free speech from a country without it

ARTICLE 19 brings together Kazakh and British activists, politicians and journalists to discuss the crackdown in Kazakhstan where newspapers and broadcasters are being shutdown and activists prosecuted. RSVP>