COUNTRY REPORT
Lebanon: Disability and Access to Information
ARTICLE 19 launches a report looking at some of the ways in which access to information can help persons with disabilities achieve their rights – and ways in which barriers to information can totally undermine their rights. It uses Lebanon as a case study.
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PRESS RELEASE
Mexico: Pedro Canché freed
On Thursday, the Second Collegiate Circuit Court of the State of Quintana Roo overturned an earlier judgment – delivered on 24 February– which had declared that the fundamental rights of the Mayan journalist Pedro Canché had been breached, but did not order his release. The Court has now decided that he must be released.
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STATEMENT
UN HRC: Artistic Expression NGOs deliver checklist for new role of Special Rapporteur on Culture
ARTICLE 19, FreeMuse, and PEN International have submitted a joint written statement on behalf of signatories, regarding the upcoming appointment of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
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Brazil: Two journalists killed in one week
Last week, both radio broadcaster Djalma Santos de Conceição, and blogger and journalist José Evany Metzker were killed in Brazil.
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ADVOCACY LETTER
Cameron urged to speak out against rights abuses ahead of European Games in Baku
ARTICLE 19 has joined with other members of the
Sport for Rights Coalition to write to David Cameron, highlighting concerns about the ongoing crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan. The letter comes in advance of the European Games which will take place from 12-28 June in Baku, Azerbaijan
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EVENT
Alternative Magna Carta Festival
Next Saturday, 13 June, ARTICLE 19 is joining together with other Freedom of Expression organisations to host an Alternative Magna Carta event. Marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the event will bring together diverse perspectives, from poets to politicians, social activists to human rights lawyers, to appraise, challenge and debate modern Britain’s attitude to civil liberties.
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