PRESS RELEASE
Brazil: Digital censorship of activist reaches two years
Ricardo Fraga was forbidden by a Brazilian court to use social networks to protest against the construction of three residential buildings.
Today ARTICLE 19 South America is holding a public demonstration to mark the second anniversary of the censorship of Ricardo Fraga, a Brazilian public employee and political activist.
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STATEMENT
United Arab Emirates: Stop the charade and release activists convicted at the mass UAE 94 trial
On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a coalition of 13 organizations calls on the UAE government to release immediately and unconditionally all those imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association.
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عربيPRESS RELEASE
Rwanda: Journalist found guilty on defamation charges
ARTICLE 19 is disappointed by the conviction of Burasa Jean Gualbert, Managing Editor of Rushyashya Newspaper on defamation charges without effectively considering his fair comment defense. The journalist has been given a 6 month suspended sentence and fined 3.2 million Rwanda Francs (approximately $4,640USD) by the Nyarugenge primary court.
Read more>EVENTEvent: Protecting Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion or Belief for All Enhancing Efforts to Consolidate and Implement HRC Resolution 16/18. Organized by FIDH in collaboration with ARTICLE 19, Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights First, Universal Rights Group, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia) & the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
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GUEST BLOG
Long Road to Shirzanan Global
I was 5 years old in 1987 when a hit Chinese Martial Arts TV series arrived in Iran. After Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, TV programming had become limited to boring series designed to project targeted governmental messages, but this Chinese series was different. It had action, was visually appealing, and completely new.
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ARTICLE 19 at the UN #HRC28: What is at Stake for Free Expression?
Kicking off this week, the UN Human Rights Council begins its 28th Session to act on some of the most pressing human rights challenges facing the world today.
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BLOG
Right to information in Myanmar?
In 2014, the government of Myanmar outlined its desire to
join the Open Government Partnership, a club of states that agree to adopt certain standards in order to be regarded as “open”.
One of the conditions of joining the club is to promote transparency, not something that is usually linked with the newly civilian government of Myanmar.
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