Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

PRESS RELEASE Presidential pardon needed for whistleblower Bradley Manning ARTICLE 19 comments on the sentencing of whistleblower Bradley Manning, who was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for disclosing classified material to WikiLeaks. Read more > PRESS RELEASE UK: Urgent investigation needed into Miranda terror detention  On Sunday 18 August 2013, Brazilian national David Miranda was detained and questioned by UK officials for nine hours under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was travelling from Berlin to Rio de Janerio, transiting through London. Mr Miranda is the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has broken a series of stories about mass online surveillance by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s GCHQ. ARTICLE 19 comments on the detention of David Miranda: Read more > UPDATE Macedonia: Media law reform must safeguard media freedom ARTICLE 19 wrote to the Macedonian Minister of Transport and Communication, urging him to reconsider introducing statutory press regulation in Macedonia and to radically overhaul a proposed Audiovisual Law. Although the reform of media legislation is needed in Macedonia, the Government must make sure that new laws fully comply with international and European standards on freedom of expression and best practices of press and broadcast regulation. Read more > ARTICLE 19’s Letter to the Minister of Transport and Communication on the draft Media Law ARTICLE 19’s Letter to the Minister of Transport and Communication on the draft Audio and Audiovisual Law BLOG Juan José López V Argentina Inter-American Commission: law requiring journalists to register in order to receive benefits does not violate freedom of expression. Do laws that provide special benefits to a certain class of journalists violate the right to freedom of expression of those who do not qualify for the privileges? Read more >  Find us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  Follow our RSS feed  Forward to a friend