PRESS RELEASE
70 rights groups caution Cameron over UK response to surveillance
Seventy free speech, human rights, internet and media freedom organisations from around the world have written to the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, to voice their concern about the erosion of fundamental rights and freedoms in the country. Find out more here > or Read The Guardian story here
STATEMENT
Kenya: President Must Reject the Information and Communications Bill
ARTICLE 19's East Africa Director, Henry Maina was on Kenyan TV to discuss impact of new
#KICA bill on freedom of press.
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ARTICLE 19 intervenes in Miranda case
ARTICLE 19, English PEN and the Media Legal Defence Initiative have submitted a brief to the UK High Court as an intervention in the case of David Miranda, media worker and partner of Glenn Greenwald, a prominent journalist.
Read the intervention here >UPDATE
Human Rights abusers must not be elected to Human Rights Council
The international community should ensure that States responsible for gross human rights violations and that fail to protect human rights defenders or cooperate with the UN are not elected to the UN's top human rights body.
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STATEMENT
Libya must overcome divisions and include women and minority rights
ARTICLE 19 calls on the Libyan political parties in the General National Congress (GNC) to overcome their political divisions and unblock the new Constitution’s drafting process which should be inclusive and ensure the protection of fundamental freedoms, including women and minority rights.
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PRESS RELEASE
Mali: Two French RFI journalists killed
ARTICLE 19 denounces the murder of two journalists from Radio France Internationale (RFI), Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon.
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UPDATE
Tunisia: Calls for the revision of new draft constitution
ARTICLE 19 organised a consultation meeting at the head offices of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) in collaboration with the Civic Coalition for the Protection of Freedom of Expression. The meeting brought together national and international stakeholders who defend freedom of expression and information in Tunisia.
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UN expert says elections cannot be legitimate if Freedoms of Peaceful Assembly and Association are curtailed
The Civic Space Initiative (CSI), of which ARTICLE 19 is a member, welcomes the recent report on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections by Mr. Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association (UNSR). The report was presented to the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on October 29.
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Uganda: Analysis of Public Order Management Act
ARTICLE 19 analyses the Ugandan Public Order Management Act. We are concerned that despite some positive amendments, the Act remains seriously flawed from a freedom of expression perspective. We call on the Ugandan Parliament to reform the Act in line with international human rights standards.
Read what we say here >BLOG
#FREEinternetBR: Good news from the Twittersphere!
Yesterday the Brazilian Congress held its final debate on the Marco Civil da Internet, a draft law that, if approved, will be the first of its kind to safeguard freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and to establish guidelines for the regulation of the internet in the country.
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