ARTICLE 19

“The government should refrain from threatening or throttling social media platforms to prevent opposing views from circulating during the election” – HRW

A new report looks at the different ways SLAPPs are treated in jurisdictions around the globe, examining the situations in countries that have and have not introduced anti-SLAPP legislation.

Rights groups condemn Tunisia’s use of repressive laws to suppress criticism of public policies.

ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the Malaysian government’s response to the International Women’s Day march for undermining the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

ARTICLE 19’s new report, ‘Thailand: Denying the demand for democracy’ finds that authorities have used the country’s Public Assembly Act and Covid-19 state of emergency regulations as pretexts to restrict and repress pro-democracy protests.

At least 14 journalists are under judicial proceedings. Four are in detention. We are witnessing an escalation of repression.

Around 50 global civil society groups have signed a statement urging the Chinese government to respect the rights to privacy and to freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression of those who had been protesting against the harsh lockdown measures over the past weeks.

National and local power players have harassed and threatened ARTICLE 19 and its members numerous times. The organisation seeks the guarantee of the Mexican government to end hostilities against ARTICLE 19 in Mexico, and provide acceptable conditions for its pursuit of human rights.