UPDATE
Mexico: Increasing violence against protesters
In the past 10 months, protests in Mexico City have increased in number and violence. The police have acted repressively against protesters on several occasions; ARTICLE 19’s Mexico office witnessed a pattern of human rights violations on 1 December last year, and on 10 June, 1 September and 2 October of this year. Read more>
LEGAL ANALYSIS
UK: Final Draft Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press
ARTICLE 19 analysed the original version of the Royal Charter in March 2013. This latest analysis highlights our comments on the process undertaken so far and on the nature of the proposed new system of press regulation, and offers set of recommendations on how to take this matter forward.
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ARTICLE 19 criticises Brazil’s criminalisation of expression at Inter-American Commission
This week, ARTICLE 19 raised Brazil’s continued breach of regional freedom of expression standards at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. ARTICLE 19 has urged the Commission to condemn under Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, Brazil’s so-called “honour crimes” of slander and libel, and contempt, all provided for in the country’s penal code
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UK: ARTICLE 19 joins call on government to drop proposed FOI restrictions
ARTICLE 19 has joined 76 campaign groups, charities and press bodies who have written to the prime minister urging him to drop proposals to restrict the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. They say the proposals are not compatible with the prime minister’s stated aim of making the UK “the most open and transparent government in the world”
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UK: Civil Society concerns about mass surveillance
Secret mass surveillance is a threat to democracy and the rule of law. If we are unable to know about the extent of government surveillance, we are unable to protect our fundamental rights. The revelations, made possible by the whistle-blower Edward Snowden, over the past few months have shown without doubt that Parliament has been kept in the dark about the powers and capabilities of GCHQ to conduct mass surveillance.
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PRESS RELEASE
Rwanda: ARTICLE 19 trains Rwandan journalists on their changed role under new self-regulation law
ARTICLE 19 has helped train 100 journalists to take full advantage of their new rights and responsibilities under Rwanda’s press self-regulation law, enacted in March 2013 as a result of advocacy by ARTICLE 19 and its partners over the past decade.
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Analysis: Rwanda Media Law.UPDATE
ARTICLE 19 urges Inter-American Commission to hold USA accountable for mass surveillance
ARTICLE 19 joined a coalition of NGOs to call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold the USA accountable to its freedom of expression and privacy obligations, following revelations of its mass-surveillance programmes.
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Call for applications: Training session on security and protection of journalists
In partnership with the West African Journalists Capacity Building Project, ARTICLE 19 invites applications for a specialized training course on Security and Protection for Journalists scheduled from the 18th to 21st of November, 2013 in Bamako, Mali.
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