LEGAL ANALYSIS
Myanmar: Broadcasting Law
The Law retains the president’s power to control the broadcasting sector. It also creates a legal framework without safeguards for media independence, and continues a government-run media of the sort normally only found in authoritarian states. Read more >COUNTRY REPORT
Nepal: The Right to Information
A new ARTICLE 19 report, reviewing legislation and implementation of RtI in Nepal.
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Is the EU forgetting Freedom of Expression?
The adoption of the new EU General Data Protection regulation draws near, but concerns remain around its implications for freedom of expression, particularly in its approach to the right to erasure (“the right to be forgotten”). ARTICLE 19 and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have written a statement addressing EU policy makers.
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UN General Assembly urged to support draft resolution on human rights defenders
ARTICLE 19 has, with a group of human rights defenders and civil society organisations, written a letter to member states in regard to the draft resolution, '
Recognizing the role of human rights defenders and the need for their protection'. We urged governments to reject amendments, tabled by the African Group, China and Iran, designed to weaken the text.
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US: Kerry must pressure King of Saudi Arabia to halt execution of demonstrators
The Saudi Supreme Court has ratified the death sentence issued to Sheikh Nimr in October 2014; the criminal justice system has also ratified the death sentences of Ali al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon, and Abdullah al-Zaher, three men arrested as minors for their protest activity.
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