Pakistan: Placing journalist Cyril Almeida on Exit Control List is an attack on freedom of expression
21 Oct 2016
ARTICLE 19 and Media Matters for Democracy are concerned about a government decision to place a Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida on the Exit…
Read in fullUN expert delivers sobering global update on state of freedom of expression
20 Oct 2016
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the annual report of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, to the General Assembly…
Read in fullTurkey: State of emergency provisions violate human rights and should be revoked
19 Oct 2016
We, the undersigned organisations, recognise that the Turkish government has the right and responsibility to investigate the violent events of…
Read in fullMalaysia: Travel ban for Zunar and other HRDs a violation of right to freedom of expression
18 Oct 2016
ARTICLE 19 urges the Malaysia government to lift the travel ban imposed on famous Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, as discovered by the cartoonist…
Read in fullAzerbaijan: UN Human Rights Committee should urge government to cease systemic human rights violations
18 Oct 2016
Emin Huseynov, chairman of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Committee…
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Ethiopia: Computer Crime Proclamation
09 Jul 2016
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Uganda: Data Protection and Privacy Bill
09 Jul 2016
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Pakistan: An Analysis of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
20 Jun 2016
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UK: RT bank accounts threatened with closure
20 Oct 2016
ARTICLE 19 submitted this alert to the Council…
Consultation Open: Principles on Freedom of Expression and Persons with Disabilities
30 Sep 2016
OUR PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON ARTICLE 19'S PRINCIPLES…
Making the Internet truly global: The IANA transition
30 Sep 2016
Today, September 30th will be a day like every other…
Russia: Drop charges against blogger Anton Nossik
30 Sep 2016
On 3 October prominent blogger Anton Nossik is due…
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Turkey: More closures of independent media outlets under extended state of emergency
30 Sep 2016
On 30 September, the licenses of twenty TV and radio…
Turkey: “You cannot report the news under the state of emergency”
29 Sep 2016
Today, ARTICLE 19 released a report summarising findings…
Jordan: Journalist's murder must be fully and transparently investigated
27 Sep 2016
On 25 September, Jordanian journalist and writer Nahid…
Turkey: Drop charges against the Altan brothers for expressing dissenting views
22 Sep 2016
Update: On the evening of 22 September a new arrest…
Egypt: Court orders freezing of assets of prominent human rights defenders
19 Sep 2016
On 17 September an Egyptian court upheld an order of…
Kenya: Public Benefit Organizations Act operationalised
16 Sep 2016
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the operationalisation of the Public…