ARTICLE 19

Thirteen organizations have written a letter to the Thailand government expressing concern about the use of excessive force by the police and other security forces against protesters and the intensified harassment and detention of pro-democracy leaders.

“Using the term ‘Protection’ to name this legislation will not detract from the fact that Iran’s Parliamentarians are launching a full-on attack on people’s rights to freedom of expression, access to information and privacy.”

“The Board of Inquiry’s report represents a milestone in the fight for truth, accountability and justice for Caruana Galizia’s assassination and its conclusions and recommendations are of global significance in battling impunity for crimes against journalists.”

The Pegasus Project investigation, conducted by Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International, revealed that 15,000 telephone numbers in Mexico were potential Pegasus targets between 2015 and 2021.

A new briefing paper looks into the internet restrictions imposed by Myanmar authorities and how the coup had further undermined digital rights and freedom of expression.

An FBI investigation revealing a plot by Iranian intelligence to kidnap US-based, Iranian-American activist and journalist Masih Alinejad, points to an alarming sign of Iran’s increasingly brazen transnational repression, says ARTICLE 19.

ARTICLE 19 issued a legal analysis of Malaysian Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 and warned that the Ordinance could prevent any criticism of the government’s COVID-19 response.

With a heinous record of human rights violations, the victory of Iran’s judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi in a flawed presidential election demonstrates Iran’s unabated endemic impunity, says ARTICLE 19.