Friday 29 January 2016

PRESS RELEASE

Tunisia: The Right to Protest threatened

Demonstrations in favour of dignity and employment were held in Kasserine after an unemployed man took his own life there. These protests then spread to a further 15 states. Some protest actions were met with a police reaction, which the authorities claimed was necessary to quell violent attacks, and a curfew was re-imposed on the 22 January. Read more >

STATEMENT

Malaysia: Judicial harassment of human rights defender Jannie Lasimbang must end

The Malaysian government must cease the prosecution of human rights defender, Jannie Lasimbang, who has been charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act for helping to organise the mass peaceful protest known as Bersih 4. Read more >

ADVOCACY LETTER

Turkey: Imprisoned journalists Dündar and Gül must be allowed visitors

ARTICLE 19 condemns the Turkish government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit journalists, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who have been imprisoned over for reports claiming that Turkey’s intelligence agency secretly armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria. We call for their immediate release. Read more >

STATEMENT

Afghanistan: Declaration of solidarity with the Afghan media community

In response to the attacks on Tolo TV of 20 January , in which 8 people have been killed and 30 others injured, civil society organisations stand in solidarity with the Afghan media community. Read more >