Kenya: Information is a key in the struggle for the right to waterAccess to information plays a vital role in securing basic rights for all people, including the right to water, especially in water-scarce countries like Kenya. As part of a series of activities to mark World Water Day and ongoing projects to share vital water related information, ARTICLE 19 and the Water Services Regulatory Board held a roundtable discussion in Mombasa. Read more >STATEMENT
Brazil: ARTICLE 19 supports the struggle for the right to water through the right to public information
The challenges faced by rural communities in Brazil in accessing information about government programmes on access to water are by no means unique. Throughout the world, ARTICLE 19 routinely witnesses the withholding of information vital to fulfilling human rights, such as the right to water.
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UN Human Rights Council maintains consensus on religious tolerance and freedom of expression resolution
ARTICLE 19 and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcome the new resolution on combating religious intolerance, which was adopted by consensus on 22 March 2013 at the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
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Myanmar: Ministry's draft press bill would restore prior censorship and full government control
A draft press bill put before parliament by the Minister of Information and Communications should be withdrawn or rejected when it has its first reading in June as it would be a major step backwards for freedom of expression and freedom of the media, restoring prior censorship and full governmental control over the press.
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Intensified crackdown on civil society in Russia: Call for support and solidarity
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform, are alarmed by the mass NGO inspections currently under way in Russia and express support and solidarity with our Russian colleagues who are affected by this development.
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Somalia: Urgent investigation needed after fatal shooting of journalist
ARTICLE 19 condemns the fatal shooting of a journalist inMogadishu. Rahma Abdulkadir, a freelance radio reporter was shot several times as she was returning home on 24 March 2013. She is the second journalist to be gunned down in the Somali capital in 2013, in what is understood to have been a targeted attack.
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UN Special Rapporteur's Mandate Extended amidst Continuous Violation of Human Rights
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 26 to 2 vote to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for the third consecutive year.
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Iran Online: Creating a safer place for dissent
ARTICLE 19 invites you to an evening to explore digital security, as it launches a series of practical online guides designed to protect freedom of expression online.
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