ARTICLE 19

ARTICLE 19 welcomed the inclusion of access to information, media freedom and other crucial issues in the “Focus Areas Document” by the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

On Music Freedom Day, IFEX recognises the free expression rights of musicians and looks back at five cases from the last year when people have tried to stop the music.

Following recognition of the broadcasting regulatory body in the new constitution, ARTICLE 19 considers that setting up a press council for print media self-regulation is a crucial step towards completing the process of media reform and development in Tunisia.

The International Partnership Mission on Safety and Protection of Journalists and Press Freedom in Ukraine, respectfully reminds the Ukraine government that it is the duty of the state to protect all citizens, including journalists, and to ensure that journalists and media organizations can carry out their duties without fear of violence or harassment.

Vyacheslav Veremyi’s death is a tragic outcome of the social unrest that has overtaken Ukraine since November 2013, when citizens began demonstrating against President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision not to sign EU trade agreements.

It is believed that Mr. Quan’s detention is politically motivated and a reaction to his blog, where he frequently exposed human rights violations by the Vietnamese government.

Journalist and editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013 in connection with a 13 September news article published on the Arabic edition of news website Lakome. Ahead of a Rabat court hearing scheduled on 18 February, local and international rights organisations came together to call for the charges against him to be dropped.

It is worrying that, as in past cases in the same state, the Veracruz Attorney General’s Office is attempting to discard lines of investigation related to journalist Gregorio Jiménez’s work, saying that a “personal conflict between neighbours” was the motive for the killing.