Articles by ARTICLE 19
Ireland: Expansion of fees for freedom of information requests unjustified
ARTICLE 19 strongly opposes the current Irish policy allowing for imposition of fees for making requests as well as the pending bill before the Dail to expand fees by allowing requests to be split and charged for each facet.
Italy’s defamation law scrutinised as it awaits review by the Senate
ARTICLE 19 recently analysed Italy’s defamation law for its compliance with international free expression standards. The law, adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on 17 October 2013, introduces amendments to several laws dealing with civil and criminal defamation.
End impunity for violence against protesters, media and bloggers during protests
On the International Day to End Impunity (23 November), ARTICLE 19 is calling on states to end the cycle of impunity for attacks on those who exercise their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly.
Artistic freedom report: Tanzanian hip-hop artist threatened, Iranian actor jailed and more
In this latest Artist Alert, ARTICLE 19 highlights cases from Tanzania, India and Iran, among others.
Japan’s new secrets bill violates free expression standards
The Japanese Parliament is urged to reject the pending Special Secret Protection Bill, which violates international standards on freedom of expression and the right to information.
Concern over rights record of UN Human Rights Council candidates
States that fail to protect human rights defenders or cooperate with the UN should not be elected to the UN’s top human rights body, IFEX members stress.
UN expert: Elections cannot be legitimate if freedoms of assembly, association curtailed
The Civic Space Initiative, of which ARTICLE 19 is a member, welcomed the recent report on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association.
70 rights groups caution Prime Minister David Cameron over U.K. response to surveillance
An open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron comes in response to a series of events in the wake of the Guardian newspaper’s reporting of the Edward Snowden disclosures, revealing mass surveillance of digital communications by the UK security agency, GCHQ.