ARTICLE 19

Outraged by a new communications law, Mexicans showed how much their rights mean to them.

Since 2008, ARTICLE 19 has been actively monitoring violations of the right to freedom of artistic expression, and for many artists and culture workers this World Culture Day, celebrated on 21 May, is certainly not a happy one.

Bangladeshi activist Nur Khan has been a vocal voice against extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearances and has called for the removal of top officials for failing to ensure a fair and impartial investigation into the recent killings of seven people.

ARTICLE 19 has learned of death threats that were issued on 9 May 2014 towards Daniel Domínguez, a journalist who works for La Polaka, in Chihuahua. The threats were issued with the journalist tried to photograph the head of public transportation, who was holding a private meeting during working hours with the secretary of a transportation company.

On 17 May, International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, over 170 organisations call on states to protect LGBT freedom of expression and end violence against LGBT individuals and communities.

Repressive legislation, intimidation and violence restrict the right to free expression of LGBT people and all those who speak out on LGBT issues. Join our Thunderclap for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May.

ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the government is increasingly becoming hostile towards the media, civil society and opposition political parties in Burundi, as the government seeks Constitutional change by a referendum that would allow the incumbent president to run for a third term in office.

The four special rapporteurs on free expression to the UN, the African Union, the OSCE and the OAS call for states to ensure that all people in society can realise their right to freedom of expression without discrimination.