ARTICLE 19

While the recent conviction of two hitmen is welcome, we lament the lack of implementation of the recommendations made by the Public Inquiry into Caruana Galizia’s assassination, and the exclusion of structured public consultation on proposed legal amendments relating to the safety of journalists and SLAPPs.

Rights groups say vague language in new decree-law will likely lead to abuse by authorities and result in the silencing of journalists.

In their submission to the Constitutional Court, ARTICLE 19 and Open Net Association argued that the Act is vague and overbroad and does not meet international freedom of expression standards.

Tragic death of 22-year old woman highlights Iran’s deepening crisis of impunity.

Shocking sentences highlight Iranian authorities’ alarming escalation of persecuting the country’s LGBTQI+ community.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled – in line with ARTICLE 19’s recommendations – that the failure to notify data subjects of the sharing of their data was a due process violation.

“For decades, the enemies of free expression targeted Salman for his words, driving him into years of hiding. The fatwa, issued against him in 1989 by Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, has caused Salman and those associated with him an immeasurable amount of suffering – but it could not succeed in silencing him.”

ARTICLE 19 updated its briefing paper on how Malaysian authorities have systematically silenced expression they deem to be allegedly blasphemous.