Saturday 18 April 2015

PRESS RELEASE

Lebanon Special Tribunal: blanket restrictions on media reporting risk chilling effect on free expression

ARTICLE 19 has submitted an amicus brief to the Special Tribunal of Lebanon on the contempt of court case held against Al-Jadeed TV and Karma Khayat. The trial started yesterday. Read more >

PRESS RELEASE

GCCS2015: The biggest threat to cyber security and the Internet is mass surveillance

The Global Conference on Cyberspace took place this week where representatives of governments, law enforcement, corporations and civil society discussed how the Internet can be policed and secured. Free Press Unlimited, Bits of Freedom, Greenhost, Panoptykon Foundation, ARTICLE 19 and La Quadrature du Net called for a spotlight on the real issue of the conference - mass surveillance. Read more >

LEGAL ANALYSIS

Tunisia: Draft Bill on the fight against terrorism, and the prohibition of money laundering

ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the Tunisian Draft Bill on the fight against terrorist offences and money laundering, currently being discussed in the Parliament, fails to meet the requirements of international standards on freedom of expression. Read more >