Articles by ARTICLE 19
Linking access to information to protection of the environment in Bangladesh
ARTICLE 19 outlines how local communities and activists are using the Right to Information Act to hold Bangladeshi authorities accountable for creating a safe and sustainable environment.
Cambodia’s secret Draft Cybercrime Law seeks to undermine free speech online
ARTICLE 19 is deeply concerned about Cambodia’s Draft Cybercrime Law, which falls well below international standards on the rights to freedom of expression, information and privacy. If passed in its current form, there is a serious risk that Cambodia’s currently free online space will backslide into the country’s deep-seated culture of secrecy and self-censorship. ARTICLE […]
Director of often-targeted Mexican paper is shot in the leg
ARTICLE 19 rejects statements made by the Sinaloa Attorney General saying that the attack on Noroeste director Adrián López Ortiz was being treated as a robbery and was not being linked to more than 50 other attacks the paper has endured over the last three years.
UN must reject mass surveillance to protect global privacy rights
In response to a consultation being undertaken by the UN on the right to privacy in the digital age, Privacy International in conjunction with six other groups called on the UN to recognise that mass surveillance is incompatible with human rights.
UN Rights Council members urged to reject proposed amendments to resolution on peaceful protest
ARTICLE 19 together with 15 other leading international human rights organisations has called on Member States of the UN Human Rights Council to reject amendments, proposed by South Africa and a group of “like minded States”, to weaken a resolution on promoting and protecting human rights in the context of peaceful protest.
Pakistan’s draft Computer Crimes Law endangers freedom of expression
ARTICLE 19 and Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan are concerned about the draft Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act of Pakistan 2014 (Draft Law) currently being prepared for presentation before the Pakistani Parliament. Although the Draft Law contains a number of welcome procedural safeguards, several provisions violate international standards on freedom of expression.
Principles on free expression and rights to water and sanitation launched on eve of World Water Day
On the eve of World Water Day, ARTICLE 19 launches “The Free Flow Principles: Freedom of Expression and Rights to Water and Sanitation”. The Principles, developed in cooperation with experts and activists from around the world, provide guidance to policy makers and activists on how freedom of expression and information can help secure the rights to water and sanitation.
What does the state of media freedom tell us about Burma’s “transition to democracy”?
Three years after Burma embarked on a path toward democracy and away from its history of military rule, assessments of its success vary, especially around media freedom and free expression.