PRESS RELEASE
Bradley Manning: Victim of state oppression
Dr Agnes Callamard, ARTICLE Executive Director,
commented: "Bradley Manning may be their thief or spy. But for many
human rights activists and organisations worldwide, he is a victim of
state oppression and a misguided national security doctrine". Read more in English | Spanish | French | Russian | Arabic
PRESS RELEASE
Egypt: Excessive use of force against protesters
ARTICLE 19 is alarmed by the violence against protesters carried out by
the Egyptian security forces over the weekend, resulting in a high
number of deaths and serious injuries, and calls on the Interim
Government to respect its international human rights obligations,
including the obligation to respect and protect the rights to freedom of
opinion and expression, freedom of assembly and association.
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STATEMENT
Freedom from suspicion: Principles to protect freedom of expression and privacy against mass surveillance
ARTICLE 19 joins over 100 organisations in supporting the International
Principles on the Applications of Human Rights to Communications
Surveillance published today, which set minimum standards for the
protection of the rights to freedom of expression and privacy at a time
when these rights continue to be under threat around the world.
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PRESS RELEASE
France: Insulting the President no longer an offence but reform does not go far enough
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the repeal of a provision of the Law of 29 July 1881
on Freedom of the Press (the Press Law), which made insulting the
French president a crime punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros (60,000
USD). However, ARTICLE 19 is concerned that this reform will have little
practical impact as defaming “public officials” still remains a
separate discrete offence under the Press Law that carries exactly the
same penalty.
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PRESS RELEASE
Stand-still protest outside Turkish embassy to remember 7 dead in Gezi Park protests
The seven-minute silent protest reproduced the original ‘standing man’
protests in Turkey and called on the authorities to fully respect the
rights to freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration in
Turkey
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ADVOCACY LETTER
ARTICLE 19 supports call on Council of Europe to condemn adoption of homophobic law in Moldova
ARTICLE 19 has joined letters calling on the Council of Europe
Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary General to respond
immediately to legislative amendments in Moldova that make it an
administrative offence to publicly distribute or propagate information
about lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) relationships.
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LEGAL ANALYSIS
Uruguay: Draft Law on Communications
In July 2013, ARTICLE 19 analysed the Draft Law on Audiovisual
Communication Services (“the Draft Law”) of Uruguay which provides for
comprehensive regulation of broadcasting.
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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
ARTICLE 19 dénonce les agressions contre les manifestants suite à l’assassinat de Brahmi
A l’heure où le nombre de manifestations s’étend à plusieurs régions
Tunisiennes, notamment après le refus du gouvernement de démissionner et
les attentats terroristes au mont Chaâmbi du 29 Juillet 2013 faisant 9
morts parmi les soldats Tunisiens, ARTICLE 19 appelle les autorités
Tunisiennes a respecter et protéger la liberté d’expression, la liberté
d’association et la liberté de réunion, dont le droit de manifester
pacifiquement et en toute sécurité.
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AZAD TRIBUNE
A Farewell to Ahmadinejad
The biggest news coming from Iran this week is the inauguration of
Hassan Rohani, scheduled to take place on 4th August. Rohani will be
sworn in as President on Sunday in a ceremony Iranian officials are
hoping won’t go unnoticed on the world stage, with many foreign
delegates having been invited.
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BLOG
Strasbourg confirms citizens’ right to express satirical insults towards politicians
Does the right to freedom of expression allow one to insult
Presidents? The ECtHR’s judgement in the case of Eon v France confirmed
that freedom of expression protects citizens’ rights to insult
politicians, particularly in the context of satirical political debate.
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BLOG
Turkey’s LGBTs: Unlikely Winners in Nation’s Summer of Unrest?
Taksim
Square, during Turkey’s ongoing summer of discontent, has been a
veritable patchwork of disparate factions and distinctly contrasting
ideological groups. Istanbul’s LGBT community has been right at the
forefront of these, standing in solidarity with the disenfranchised,
traditionally apolitical youth (the ‘
Chapullers’),
Kemalist secularists, Armenians, Kurds, Alevis, liberals, communists,
liberal Muslims and even football hooligans and ultranationalists.
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