PRESS RELEASE + POLICY BRIEF
The Right To Blog: New policy calls for better protection for bloggers
ARTICLE 19 launches The Right to Blog – a new policy paper that calls for lawmakers to better promote and protect the rights of bloggers domestically and internationally - at UNESCO World Press Freedom International Conference 2013.The Right to Blog also gives practical advice to bloggers about their rights and explains how - and in what situations - they can invoke some of the privileges and defences that traditional journalists have found vital to the integrity of their work.
Read more >ARTICLE 19 lance Le Droit de Bloguer >O Direito a Blogar >ARTICLE 19 presenta El Derecho a Bloguear >
JOINT STATEMENT
Digital switchover: International experts launch joint statement calling for better protection of free expression
Today, international experts mandated by the UN, African Union, Organization of American States and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will jointly call for states to better protect fundamental human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, when managing the digital switchover.
Read more >Les mandats internationaux de la liberté d’expression dévoilent leur Déclaration conjointe de 2013 >Conversión al sistema digital de televisión abierta: Los relatores internacionales sobre libertad de expresión lanzan su Declaración Conjunta de 2013 >
PRESS RELEASE
Somalia: Government recommits to protection of journalists
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the commitment made by the Somali government at an ARTICLE 19 conference in Mogadishu to take special measures to ensure perpetrators of violence against journalists are held accountable.
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Brazil: Campaigner against property project silenced by court
ARTICLE 19 has lent its support to the case of Ricardo Fraga de Oliveira, who has been forbidden from protesting against a property development project in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Azerbaijan at the UPR: UN Member States must hold Azerbaijan to account
The member states of the United Nations should hold Azerbaijan to account during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 30 April 2013 for its failure to protect basic human rights. The International Partnership Group on Azerbaijan, coordinated by ARTICLE 19, and local organisations urge the UN to take Azerbaijan to task for failing to implement the commitments it made after its first review in 2009.
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Morocco: Concern for academic targeted for comments about religious texts
ARTICLE 19 is concerned for the safety of the Moroccan academic and human rights activist Ahmed Assid following calls for his murder for "defaming the prophet Mohamed". ARTICLE 19 condemns a hate campaign that is being waged against the philosopher for comments he made about religious texts in the national education curriculum.
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Malaysia: Attacks on free speech ahead of elections
ARTICLE 19 is concerned that attempts are being made to silence media outlets and politicians ahead of a general election in the country this coming Sunday, 5 May 2013. ARTICLE 19 has received multiple reports of radio jamming and cyber attacks on websites as well as threats made against opposition politicians. These attempts to silence public debate are widely believed to come from members of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. ARTICLE 19 calls upon the Malaysian government to ensure that international standards on freedom of expression are protected during the country’s 13th general election.
Read more >ADVOCACY LETTER
Indonesia: Request to reopen investigations into the murder of Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin "Udin"
We write to express our deep concern about the failure of the Yogyakarta police to identify and help prosecute the persons responsible for the murder of Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, also known as Udin.
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