ARTICLE 19

The blogger was charged with harming the dignity, reputation and morale of the Tunisian army for his criticism of senior military officials on social media.

Missing journalist Moisés Sánchez Cerezo is the director and editor of the La Unión newspaper in Medellín de Bravo, an outlet that produces reports critical of issues in the city.

Criminalisation of online speech, a climate of impunity for attacks against journalists, the concentration of media ownership and the politicisation of media outlets are all current areas of concern.

Following the pre-trial detention of prominent journalist Khadija Ismayilova, civil society groups call upon the Council of Europe to suspend Azerbaijan from its membership until Azerbaijani authorities drop all charges against NGO representatives, lawyers and journalists currently in detention.

On International Anti-Corruption Day, ARTICLE 19 explains why breaking the chain of corruption is essential for development.

There are indications that the space for free expression on news websites may shrink in the near future, under pressure from a combination of new legislation and, reportedly, new surveillance tactics that may set precedents for the whole of the Middle East and North Africa.

ARTICLE 19 is struck by the lack of measures to guarantee peaceful protest as a public act in pursuit of truth and justice following the events that occurred in Iguala, two months ago, against 43 teacher training college students from Ayotzinapa.

An increasing number of Iranian Facebook users have been arrested by Iran’s intelligence agency. This is not directly due to Facebook’s own internal privacy problems but is rather an example of how external agencies are able to utilise it for intelligence gathering. Iran is a prime example of this.