Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

STATEMENT Ukraine: Government must release blogger imprisoned for over a year on treason charges A year after his initial arrest, we call for the immediate and unconditional release of Ruslan Kotsaba, a journalist and blogger, detained since February last year, on charges of treason and obstructing the work of the armed forces. Read more > STATEMENT Iran: Arbitrary detention of opposition leaders must end Zahra Rahnavard, and former presidential candidates, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Mehdi Karoubi have been under house arrest since Valentines Day in 2011. All three were involved in peaceful protests and had called for rallies in Iran in solidarity with pro-democracy protests across the Arab world. ARTICLE 19 urges for their immediate release Read more> PRESS RELEASE UK: Investigatory Powers Bill needs redraft, not review Following the publication of the report by the Joint Committee for the Investigatory Powers Bill, ARTICLE 19 reiterates the need for a whole-scale overhaul of the Bill in order to meet internationally-recognised standards on freedom of expression and privacy. Read more >    Find us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  Follow our RSS feed  Forward to a friend