Articles by ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 calls for Kabila genocide probe
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19, the International Centre Against Censorship, on 17 September 1998 called on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to investigate reports of calls by Congolese President Laurent Kabila for the killing of Tutsis. If press reports of Kabila’s statements prove to be accurate, ARTICLE 19 will be urging the Tribunal to […]
ARTICLE 19 Expresses Concern for Detained Opposition Leaders
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a statement by ARTICLE 19, released on 11 September. ARTICLE 19, the London-based freedom of expression movement, said today that it is desperately concerned for the safety of its International Board member, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and that of more than 200 members of her National League for […]
Five Sierra Leonean journalists sentenced to death ARTICLE 19 expresses disquiet
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is the full text of a statement released on 27 August 1998: **This alert contains information further to IFEX alert of 25 August 1998; for background information see IFEX alerts of 14 and 1 April 1998** ARTICLE 19, the International Centre Against Censorship, today expressed its disquiet about the conviction […]
UK taxpayers’ money used for Nigeria trade mission while political prisoners rot
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The Department of Trade and Industry is using United Kingdom taxpayersâ money to underwrite a trade mission by British companies to Nigeria this September, while Members of Parliament (MPs) across the political spectrum have recommended that such missions be suspended. ARTICLE 19 has queried the speed with which the UK government is […]
New clampdown on press spells further repression
**For further background to legislation, see IFEX alerts and press releases of 12, 10 and 5 June, 27 May 1998, and others** According to the warning, “Nasha Niva” has breached this provision by using the traditional Belarusian orthography which was current in the 1920s, but which was cancelled by the spelling reform of 1933. “Nasha […]
Human rights leader Akin Birdal sentenced
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is the full text of a letter sent by ARTICLE 19 on 30 July 1998 to Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz: I am writing to you to express our distress at the sentencing on 28 July of Akin Birdal, President of the Human Rights Association (IHD), to imprisonment of one […]
Repressed media in a tense state
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19 released the following statement on 24 July 1998: In a comprehensive report published on 24 July 1998, ARTICLE 19 and the Kurdish Human Rights Project survey freedom of expression conditions in Turkey and conclude that, with 67 journalists in jail, several political parties banned, religious and cultural minorities severely repressed, […]
ARTICLE 19 protests ban of publications
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – On 24 July 1998, ARTICLE 19 sent the following letter to His Excellency President Daniel Arap Moi, Office of the President, Nairobi, Kenya: **For background information, see IFEX alerts 23, 17, 15 and 14 July 1998** ARTICLE 19, the International Centre Against Censorship, is greatly concerned about the recent decision of Kenyaâs […]