Brazil: Courts of Justice lack transparency
ARTICLE 19 has launched "Paths of Transparency", a report which demonstrates that, four years after the Access to Information Law entered into force, courts throughout Brazil are not meeting minimum standards of transparency. Much remains to be done.Read more: English | Português
STATEMENT
Kazakhstan: Persecution of Peaceful Protesters must cease
Following protests against proposed land reform in several cities in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh authorities have launched a nationwide wave of arrests of activists who had expressed their intent to participate in further mass protests. Read more >STATEMENT
Azerbaijan: Free Prisoners Before Grand Prix Race
ARTICLE 19 has joined with the Sport for Rights Coalition to call on the Formula One Group to urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan. Read more >STATEMENT
Egypt: Mohamed Nagi and 151 other protesters must be released with convictions quashed
ARTICLE 19 calls for the convictions against Mohamed Nagi and other peaceful protesters to be overturned, and for those sentenced to imprisonment to be immediately released. We also repeat our previous call for Egypt to repeal the Protest Law, and replace it with legislation that respects international human rights standards. Read more>UPDATE
#IDAHOT 2016: Spotlight on the Middle East and North Africa
May 17 is International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: a worldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities. This year, we took a look at how laws in the MENA region are criminalising LGBT people. Read more>More from IDAHOT 2016:
PRESS RELEASE
Kenya: Teargas, brutality and the killing of a protester at electoral reform demonstration
ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the killing of a protestor by police, and injury of others who had joined a demonstration. We urge the police to respect Article 37 of the Constitution, which guarantees citizens the right to peacefully assemble, demonstrate, picket, and present petitions to public authorities. Read more >
STATEMENTMalaysia: Amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 must not restrict the right to freedom of expression online
This week, the Malaysian Parliament is considering amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA), some of which could lead to severe restrictions online freedoms. Read more >JOINT STATEMENT
UK: Planned laws on extremism threaten free speech
The government’s plans to tackle extremism through a “new civil order regime” and other measures must not undermine the values it aims to defend. Read more >More on the UK: JOINT STATEMENT
UAE: Free human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, on trial for online posts
We call on authorities to immediately release human rights defender and professor of economics Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, who remains in detention in an unknown location in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for his social media posts and human rights activities.Read more: English | عربي
