ARTICLE 19

In 2013, Ricardo Fraga was forbidden by a Brazilian court to use social networks to protest against the construction of three residential buildings. ARTICLE 19 has launched the campaign #FragaQuerPostar to bring an end to the censorship.

Kicking off this week, the UN Human Rights Council begins its 28th Session to act on some of the most pressing human rights challenges facing the world today. ARTICLE 19 will be working on a number of key issues, such as the right to privacy and artistic freedom

What happens to those that suffer under the guillotine of censorship, where paths of speech and expression are blocked by unseen hands intent on muzzling free thought?

The mass “UAE 94” trial imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates.

A year after protests broke out in Venezuela, people are back in the streets, this time risking physical retaliation from military granted powers to use “potentially lethal weapons”.

In an attempt to avoid Western hegemony, Ayatollah Khomeini condemned all music deemed to be influenced by “foreigners”. This lead to an aggressive “cultural reconstruction” that attempted to eradicate many artists from Iran’s music scene.

How Iran’s ruling elite consider the right to free speech, free expression, and privacy as privileges only afforded to a handful of high-ranking officials.

Journalist Moisés Sánchez Cerezo was found dead weeks after being kidnapped in Veracruz state. A former police officer claims the local mayor is behind Sánchez’s death.