ARTICLE 19

As preparations get underway for the World Telecommunication Policy Forum, groups call for more transparency and a greater role for civil society.

Absalom Kibanda is in hospital for serious injuries, following an attack at the gate of his home. It is thought that the attack is related to Kibanda’s work as a journalist.

Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, reporter and editor of the website Ojinaga noticias, was killed on 3 March 2013 at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the city of Ojinaga in the northern part of Chihuahua state.

ARTICLE 19 welcomes a comprehensive law on internal displacement in Kenya that includes vital provisions to secure the participation of displaced people in decision-making that affects them.

ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the new US Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of US Trade Secretes (Strategy) lists whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks and other digital activists among those who use tools of “economic espionage against US companies.”

Despite promises of reform, a new press bill to be presented in parliament retains a vagueness that will leave the print media open to abuse from the Burmese government and other powerful actors.

A new proposed Law on the Right to Demonstrate in Public Spaces in Egypt would, if enacted, render the right to protest meaningless and grant authorities draconian powers to quash dissent.

After being caught up in violent attacks by members of the Islamist group Jamat-e-Islami, more than 26 journalists and bloggers were injured.