Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday 26 April 2012


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SUBMISSION

Sri Lanka: ARTICLE 19's Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review

This submission provides information on developments since, specifically: on-going violence against journalists and human rights defenders; continued media censorship and other interferences to media freedom; and an insufficient and inadequate legal framework for freedom of expression and information.  Read more >

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

Syria: Continued secret detention of Mazen Darwish and other human rights activists and prosecution of part of SCM staff before military court

The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing secret detention of Mr. Mazen Darwish, President of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), and four of his colleagues, more than 65 days after they were arrested in violation of domestic and international law. The organizations also express their deepest concern for the criminal procedure triggered by the Military Prosecutor of Damascus against seven human rights activists working with the SCM and one visitor. Read more >

PRESS RELEASE

Kazakhstan: Prominent journalist stabbed and shot in suspicious circumstances

Uralskaya nedelya journalist, Lukpan Akhmedyarov was attacked by a group of three men on the night of April 19-20 near the porch of his house. Akhmedyarov is known for his criticism of the government and participation in protests. Read more >

JOINT STATEMENT

ACHPR should advance right to information in Africa

The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) calls on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to advance the right to access to information on the African continent. The APAI, an intercontinental initiative to promote access to Information on the continent, took the campaign a step further in its address to the 51st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.  Read more >

UPDATE

Council of Europe: Search engine recommendation risks serious infringement of free expression

On 4 April 2012, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted two Recommendations: (1) Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)3 on the protection of human rights with regard to search engines and (2) Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)4 on the protection of human rights with regard to social networking services. The Council of Europe has stated that these Recommendations address the risks that search engines and social networking sites pose to human rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to respect for private and family life, enshrined in Articles 10 and 8, respectively, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Read more >


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