Articles by ARTICLE 19
Organisations welcome announcement on transition of key Internet domain name functions
The United States Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced its intent to “transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multi-stakeholder community.” The NTIA is commended for committing to the transition to a multi-stakeholder process and for requiring that the resulting transition plan maintains the openness of the Internet.
ARTICLE 19 Mexico reiterates safety concerns as its director becomes the latest target
The home of ARTICLE 19’s Mexico and Central America director, Darío Ramírez, was broken into on Sunday 16 March 2014. Those responsible took computers, work documents, and other items of value.
Satirist returns to Egyptian TV, film banned in Malaysia and other artistic freedom news
In its Artist Alert for February 2014, ARTICLE 19 highlights cases from Kenya, Cameroon, Cuba, USA and India, among others.
Free key rights defenders held in violation of international standards in Syria
The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said on 17 March 2014.
Statement to UN Human Rights Council: On the promotion and protection of civic space
A joint statement submitted to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, points out that “the physical and digital spaces civil society relies on to carry out its functions are increasingly threatened globally”.
Civil society groups urge African countries to pass access to information laws
A group of nine civil society organisations has urged countries without access to information legislation, such as Ghana, to take urgent steps to put a law in place.
Police attack journalists covering march in Sinaloa, Mexico
Three journalists from the Noreste newspaper were attacked by state and municipal police during marches in the cities of Culiacán and Guamúchil on 2 March 2014 supporting drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Organisations put forth selection criteria for Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
ARTICLE 19, along with Amnesty International, the International Service for Human Rights, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters without Borders have developed a checklist that sets out the requirements prospective candidates should meet for the position of UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.