Articles by ARTICLE 19
Tunisia: Grave step backwards for freedom of expression and access to information
Critical measures taken in the past two years continue to threaten a fragile civic space.
Sustainable Development Goals: Little progress on freedom of expression
As London hosts the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit this week, ARTICLE 19 releases a new briefing assessing the progress made towards meeting the SDG on freedom of expression and access to information.
EU Court of Justice: Reform should mandate access to documents
Access to court documents is important to ensuring transparency of the judiciary and is a precondition for establishing and maintaining public trust in the judiciary.
Malaysia: Holistic approach vital to address race, religion and royalty
ARTICLE 19 warns that the introduction of penalties may lead to arbitrary restrictions on the freedom of expression.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls on the judiciary to purge dissenting voices online
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls on the judiciary to purge dissenting voices online.
Malaysia: Countering hate speech
In Malaysia, minority groups, including ethnic and religious minorities, migrants, and LGBTQI+ persons are most often victims of hate speech.
UN: Global Digital Compact must prioritise human rights
“It is vital that all existing human rights commitments are integrated and mainstreamed throughout the GDC. States must ensure complementarity, coherence, and consistency between the GDC and existing international human rights commitments” – ARTICLE 19
Civil society groups reaffirm continued solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners
Marking the Day of the Political Prisoner in Belarus, civil society groups, IFEX among them, stress that they will continue to show unwavering support to the people of Belarus repressed for exercising their vital human rights and journalistic work.