Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday 28 March 2013

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PRESS RELEASE 

US: WikiLeaks and hacktivists should not be labelled as threat to US trade 

ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the new US Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of US Trade Secretes (Strategy), released last week, lists whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks and other digital activists ("hacktivists") among those who use tools of "economic espionage against US companies." Read more>

PRESS RELEASE

Myanmar: Press bill falls far short of international law and would leave press open to abuse 

Despite promises of reform, a new press bill to be presented in parliament retains a vagueness that will leave the print media open to abuse from the government and other powerful actors. Read more >

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Egypt: New legislation must protect free speech, not restrict it

ARTICLE 19 expresses its deepest concerns about a new proposed Law on the Right to Demonstrate in Public Spaces in Egypt. If enacted, the law would render the right to protest meaningless, and give authorities draconian powers to quash dissent. Read more >

UPDATE
Kenya: Law to protect internally displaced people enacted ahead of election 

ARTICLE 19 welcomes a comprehensive law on internal displacement in Kenya that includes vital provisions to secure the participation of displaced people in decision-making that affects them. The law addresses key shortfalls in protection for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the country, which ARTICLE 19 has long campaigned for. Read more >

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Bangladesh: Journalists and bloggers injured as Jamat-e-Islami respond to protests with violence 

More than 26 journalists and bloggers together with hundreds of law enforcement agents have been injured last week after being caught up in violent attacks by members of the Islamist group Jamat-e-Islami targeting protesters known as the “Shahbag demonstrators” who are calling on Jamat-e-Islami leaders to face the death penalty for war crimes. More >

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Somalia: Government commences public consultations on media laws

ARTICLE 19 welcomes and supports the process of consultation between Somalia’s Ministry of Information, Posts and Transport, the media, and telecommunication operators around the provisions of the draft Somali Communications Act 2012 and on the revision of the Media Law of 2007. Read more >

LETTER 
Open letter: Civil society demands more participation in World Telecommunication Policy Forum 

Recalling the Tunis Agenda (Paragraph 35, in particular), we, the undersigned members of civil society, write to urge the Secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to honor previous commitments to ensure meaningful and sustainable civil society participation in the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) in May 2013.  Read more >


AZAD TRIBUNE
Arrest and fresh restrictions on journalists

Iran’s parliament approved Planning Act to restrict media’s activity in parliament’s open sessions. “Restrictions on photographers, cameramen and reporters’’ are the most important articles of this reform bill of the internal rules and procedures of the parliament. Read more >

AZAD TRIBUNE BLOG
Public Executions in Iran – Then and Now

It was a hot day in June 1986 in the Kurdish region of western Iran. In the picturesque town of Paveh, I and two friends were walking down the steep road towards our primary school. All of a sudden, we heard the roar of vehicles approaching from behind. We turned to see a convoy of three to four pick-up trucks we recognised as belonging to the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards... Read full blog post >

EVENT
ARTICLE 19 and Free Word’s Freedom on Film Series 

London, Wednesday March 6th Banaz: A Love Story. A screening of a powerful documentary about honour killing in the UK followed by a discussion by a panel of respected experts about gender, multiculturalism and human rights in the UK context.This event is now fully booked, but look out for upcoming events.

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