ARTICLE 19

Michael Caster of ARTICLE 19 outlined a number of ways in which global tech companies can resist the growing assault on free expression online in Hong Kong.

Rights groups call on UK government to reverse its crackdown on the right to protest and stop conflating protests with extremism.

“ARTICLE 19 urges the international community to respond strongly to the gross violations of the right to freedom of expression, the right to protest, and the right to vote in Russia, as well as to the extension of the presidential election to the Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine.”

The “undesirable” designation ostensibly covers any foreign CSO deemed to pose a threat to Russia. However, in recent years it has been used to undermine the important rights work of international organisations.

ARTICLE 19 calls on the Thai government to repeal criminal defamation provisions in favour of civil law and other measures.

Ulrich Richter Morales, a lawyer suing Google, has accused ARTICLE 19 of lacking impartiality and of “serving as a vehicle for Google and Facebook”.

“It is regrettable that, more than six years after the complaints were filed, impunity for illegal espionage against dozens of victims continues” – ARTICLE 19

Signatories stress that the Convention should only move forward if it pursues a specific goal of combating cybercrime without endangering the human rights and fundamental freedoms of those it seeks to protect, nor undermining efforts to improve cybersecurity for an open internet.