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France: social media investigations and arrests violate the right to freedom of expression
On 14 January 2015, the French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala was arrested, reportedly on suspicion of publicly condoning terrorism. The arrest is believed to be connected to a facebook post Dieudonné wrote on Sunday, saying "tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly", in reference to Amedy Coulibaly, who prosecutors say killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket last week in Paris.
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UK: Cracking down on end-to-end encryption threatens free expression and right to privacy
ARTICLE 19 have released this statement following UK Prime Minister, David Cameron’s pledge to block online messaging services that offer encryption under new surveillance legislation in 2016 if conservatives win the upcoming general elections. His comments follow the deadly attacks against the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo last week.
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Malaysia: Growing intolerance as human rights lawyer arrested
ARTICLE 19 condemns the recent arrest of Malaysian human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen over his tweet criticising the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), the main federal agency managing Islamic affairs.
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Saudi Arabia: Stop flogging of Raif Badawi
ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the recent flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and calls on the Saudi authorities to cancel his punishment immediately.
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Libya: ARTICLE 19 is extremely concerned about reports of murder of two Tunisian journalists
ARTICLE 19 is extremely concerned about reports that Tunisian journalists Sofiene Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari who were kidnapped in Libya four months ago, may have been murdered.
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ARTICLE 19 provides access to Tor network for thousands of censored users
Tor is an indispensable tool for circumventing surveillance and browsing anonymously, which is of paramount importance for the protection of freedom of expression online.
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