Articles by Artículo 19 (Mexico and Central America)
Organizations urgently call on the Cuban state to respect and guarantee the rights of journalist Roberto Jesús Quiñones
On August 1st, journalist Roberto Jesús Quiñones Haces was summoned to appear as a defendant before the People’s Municipal Court in the city of Guantánamo, Cuba. On 7th August, he was prosecuted and sentenced to one year’s deprivation of liberty, converted to correctional labor with internment.
Organisations tell Paraguay: Reject social media regulations
More than 20 international and local rights organizations call on Paraguayan lawmakers to reject a proposed law regulating anonymous online posts during elections.
Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.