ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is the complete text of a letter from Article 19 to “The Times” newspaper. For a copy of the editorial to which A19 is responding, please contact them directly. Letter printed in The Times, 6 January 1997 Sir, Your editorial today, “Algeria’s Great Fear”, rightly draws attention to the need […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is the resolution on media freedom and censorship in Jordan adopted by participants at a seminar organised by ARTICLE 19 and its two Jordanian partners, al-Urdun al-Jadid and the Arab Media Institute, in Amman, Jordan on 28-29 October 1997. SEMINAR RESOLUTION Fundamental Principles 1. Freedom of expression is a fundamental […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – According to ARTICLE 19, the European Council of Ministers is likely to water down measures designed to penalise the Nigerian regime when the EU Common Position renewal is agreed next week. Measures adopted by the EU in 1993, when the Nigerian military anulled democratic elections, were reaffirmed in 1995. ARTICLE 19 has […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19 on 17 November 1997 welcomed the announcement by Nigeria’s General Sani Abacha that he will release some political detainees, but expressed scepticism that the move heralds any sea change in the human rights situation. Richard Carver, Head of ARTICLE 19’s Africa Programme said: “The European Union review of sanctions against […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – “Deadly Marionettes – State-Sponsored Violence in Africa” is a new report from ARTICLE 19 that details how governments censor the spoken word by employing surrogate agencies, such as ethnic or religious militias, to attack supporters of opposition political parties or critics of the government. This “informal” method of repression enables governments to […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – Onome Osifo-Whiskey, managing editor of Tell magazine in Nigeria was arrested on the morning of 10 November 1997. He was arrested by officials of the Directorate of Military Intelligence as he was on his way home from church with his family. There is no information yet about where he is being held. […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19 is laying down a challenge to the Commonwealth’s leaders as they prepare for discussions in Edinburgh, Scotland: show the world that you are paying more than lip service to human rights. Giving ARTICLE 19’s delegation a unique perspective in Edinburgh at the time of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The Jordanian Council of Ministers’ recent orders for several weekly newspapers to suspend publication bears out the urgent need for reform detailed in “Blaming the Press – Jordan’s Democratization Process in Crisis”. This new report from ARTICLE 19 challenges the Jordanian government’s claim to be the guarantor of its citizens’ human rights, […]