LEGAL ANALYSIS
Russia: Draft Amendment to the Criminal Code Aimed at Countering Insult of Religious Beliefs
In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 calls on the State Duma of the Russian Federation to reject the Draft Law Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Some Legal Acts of the Russian Federation Aimed at Countering Insult of Religious Beliefs and Feelings of Citizens, Desecration of Religious Objects and Subjects of Worship (Pilgrimage) and Sites of Religious Ceremonies (Draft Law). Read more >
STATEMENT
Global Coalition Of NGOs Call To Investigate & Disable FinFisher’s Espionage Equipment in Pakistan
We express our dismay and condemnation over the presence of a FinFisher Command and Control server on a network operated by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTLD’s). FinFisher, developed by a UK-based company Gamma International, has been used to target activists in Bahrain. Privacy International is currently engaged in a lawsuit over the export of FinFisher, and has also filed a complaint with the OECD.
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Tunisia: The Protection of Freedom of Expression and Information in the second draft Constitution
In view of the forthcoming debate on the new draft constitution finalised by the Commissions of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly in December 2012, ARTICLE 19 has developed this
legal analysis aiming at supporting and encouraging discussions especially around the new constitutional provisions related to the protection of freedom of expression and freedom of information.
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Supreme News
Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, called for the establishment of something called the
Supreme Council of the Cyberspace (I have said time and again that Iran ranks highest when it comes to made-up jobs), with setting up the National Cyberspace Centre (new positions available I hear) being its priority mandate. He also ordered that the Supreme Council of the Cyberspace must fully master both the domestic and international cyberspace, and be prepared to make software-related, hardware-related and content-related decisions to be able to ‘actively counter strike’.
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Right to Share Digest
The Digest is produced by ARTICLE 19, as part of our work to protect freedom of expression against excessive copyright claims in the digital age
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