Articles by ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 declares support for its media monitoring team in Malawi
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 20 April 1999 ARTICLE 19 statement: ARTICLE 19 IN LONDON DECLARES ITS SUPPORT FOR ITS MEDIA MONITORING TEAM IN MALAWI Responding to a statement in today’s edition of the Malawian newspaper, Malawi Today, the London-based head office of ARTICLE 19, the International Centre Against Censorship, declared its total […]
ARTICLE 19 issues report on Burmese censorship
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 15 April 1999 ARTICLE 19 press release: BURMA – ACTS OF OPPRESSION Acts of Oppression is a timely report on Burmese censorship, published by ARTICLE 19 as the United Nations Commission on Human Rights takes its annual look at the situation in Burma and world outrage mounts at […]
ARTICLE 19 questions espionage charge
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 letter to President Frederick Chiluba: **Updates IFEX alerts of 25 March, 22 March, 19 March, 18 March, 17 March, 15 March, 12 March, 11 March and 10 March 1999** 25 March 1999 Your Excellency, ARTICLE 19, the International Centre Against Censorship, requests you to take action […]
As Serbs step up media attacks, ARTICLE 19 claims that censorship kills
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 22 March, 19 March, 17 March, 16 March, 15 March, 12 March, 10 March, 9 March and 8 March 1999** 23 March 1999 – For immediate release AS SERBS STEP UP MEDIA ATTACKS, NGO CLAIMS THAT CENSORSHIP KILLS As tension […]
Nigerian media unites to demand reform
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: London, 22 March 1998, For immediate release NIGERIAN MEDIA UNITES TO DEMAND REFORM Today in Lagos, a platform of action for reform of the laws which currently restrict the Nigerian media was formulated by an unprecedented gathering of representatives of the media itself – […]
Internet in Africa report
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: The Internet in Africa – a new assessment A new report from ARTICLE 19, The Right to Communicate: The Internet in Africa, explores the impact the Internet has already had in Africa. It points out that as latecomers in the telecommunications field, African countries […]
ARTICLE 19 protests attacks on journalists
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 letter sent on 19 February 1999 to General Abubakar re recent attacks on journalists and some unresolved cases: **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 February, 10 February, 9 February and 8 February 1999, 4 November, 14 October, 11 September, 4 September, 11 August 1998 and others** 19 […]
Three more journalists arrested
**Updates IFEX alerts of 3 February, 29 January, 27 January, 25 January, 22 January, 21 January, 18 January, 15 January and 13 January 1999** (ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: London, 8 February 1999 – for immediate release Zimbabwe media faces big chill as three more journalists arrested ARTICLE 19 […]