Articles by ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 calls for proactive agenda on human rights
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: London and Johannesburg: 4 November 1999 COMMONWEALTH MUST SHIFT TO PROACTIVE AGENDA ON HUMAN RIGHTS Pakistan under review, Nigeria back in, Cameroon still getting away with it.. the Commonwealth urgently needs a mechanism to deal with members’ chronic human rights problems before they get […]
Delegation urged to consider ARTICLE 19’s recommendations for reform
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 letter to the Commonwealth re the mission of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group: 27 October 1999 HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House Pall Mall London URGENT: BY FAX 0171 930 2299 Dear Secretary General We welcome the decision of the […]
Media remain under attack across former Yugoslavia – new book charts history of media manipulation
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: MEDIA REMAIN UNDER ATTACK ACROSS FORMER YUGOSLAVIA – NEW BOOK CHARTS HISTORY OF MEDIA MANIPULATION On Wednesday 3 November, ARTICLE 19 is launching Forging War (1). The book lays bare the use and abuse of the media in the countries of former Yugoslavia – […]
UK government censorship increasing
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: 25 October 1999 – for immediate release UK GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP INCREASING, UN MISSION HEARS The British Government is presiding over a trend towards increasing censorship, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom Of Opinion and Expression was told today by a broad range of civil […]
ARTICLE 19 protests sanctions against journalists
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 20 October 1999** For immediate release – London, 20 October 1999 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FACE SANCTIONS AFTER ISRAEL VISIT Three prominent Jordanian journalists face a professional ban for visiting Israel in September. The Jordan Press Association is likely to throw them […]
Cameroon: secret shame of one of the Commonwealth’s newest members
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 report: CAMEROON: SECRET SHAME OF ONE OF COMMONWEALTH’S NEWEST MEMBERS Today, with the Cameroon government due to report (1) to the UN Human Rights Committee, an international human rights group accuses it of perpetrating systematic and persistent human rights violations ranging from illegitimate detention to torture […]
Statement from ARTICLE 19 on the development of an independent media regime under the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 statement: STATEMENT FROM ARTICLE 19 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT MEDIA REGIME UNDER THE STABILITY PACT ARTICLE 19 understands that the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe is holding a conference in Geneva on 18 and 19 October 1999 to discuss The Working Table on Democratisation […]
ARTICLE 19 concerned over government critics’ disappearance, actions against non-state press
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 letter addressed to President Lukashenko expressing the organisation’s alarm over the disappearance of government critics and actions taken against non-state press: **Updates IFEX alerts of 6 October, 28 September, 21 September, 23 July, 31 May, 27 May, 21 May, 14 May, 13 May, 19 April, 16 […]