PRESS RELEASE
US: WikiLeaks and hacktivists should not be labelled as threat to US trade
ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the new US Administration Strategy
on Mitigating the Theft of US Trade Secretes (Strategy), released last
week, lists whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks and other digital
activists ("hacktivists") among those who use tools of "economic
espionage against US companies." Read more>
PRESS RELEASE
Myanmar: Press bill falls far short of international law and would leave press open to abuse
Despite promises of reform, a new press bill to be presented in
parliament retains a vagueness that will leave the print media open to
abuse from the government and other powerful actors.
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PRESS RELEASE
Egypt: New legislation must protect free speech, not restrict it
ARTICLE 19 expresses its deepest concerns about a new proposed Law on
the Right to Demonstrate in Public Spaces in Egypt. If enacted, the law
would render the right to protest meaningless, and give authorities
draconian powers to quash dissent.
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UPDATE
Kenya: Law to protect internally displaced people enacted ahead of election
ARTICLE 19 welcomes a comprehensive law on internal displacement in
Kenya that includes vital provisions to secure the participation of
displaced people in decision-making that affects them. The law addresses
key shortfalls in protection for internally displaced people (IDPs) in
the country, which ARTICLE 19 has long campaigned for.
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PRESS RELEASE
Bangladesh: Journalists and bloggers injured as Jamat-e-Islami respond to protests with violence
More than 26 journalists and bloggers together with hundreds of law
enforcement agents have been injured last week after being caught up in
violent attacks by members of the Islamist group Jamat-e-Islami
targeting protesters known as the “Shahbag demonstrators” who are
calling on Jamat-e-Islami leaders to face the death penalty for war
crimes.
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PRESS RELEASE
Somalia: Government commences public consultations on media laws
ARTICLE 19 welcomes and supports the process of consultation between
Somalia’s Ministry of Information, Posts and Transport, the media, and
telecommunication operators around the provisions of the draft Somali
Communications Act 2012 and on the revision of the Media Law of 2007.
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LETTER
Open letter: Civil society demands more participation in World Telecommunication Policy Forum
Recalling the Tunis Agenda (Paragraph 35, in particular), we, the
undersigned members of civil society, write to urge the Secretariat of
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to honor previous
commitments to ensure meaningful and sustainable civil society
participation in the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) in May
2013.
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AZAD TRIBUNE
Arrest and fresh restrictions on journalists
Iran’s parliament approved Planning Act to restrict media’s activity in
parliament’s open sessions. “Restrictions on photographers, cameramen
and reporters’’ are the most important articles of this reform bill of
the internal rules and procedures of the parliament.
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AZAD TRIBUNE BLOG
Public Executions in Iran – Then and Now
It was a hot day in June 1986 in the Kurdish region of western Iran. In
the picturesque town of Paveh, I and two friends were walking down the
steep road towards our primary school. All of a sudden, we heard the
roar of vehicles approaching from behind. We turned to see a convoy of
three to four pick-up trucks we recognised as belonging to the Islamic
Republic's Revolutionary Guards...
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EVENT
ARTICLE 19 and Free Word’s Freedom on Film Series
London, Wednesday March 6th
Banaz: A Love Story. A screening of a
powerful documentary about honour killing in the UK followed by a
discussion by a panel of respected experts about gender,
multiculturalism and human rights in the UK context.This event is now
fully booked, but look out for
upcoming events.
