Egypt: Rights activist Gamal Eid brutally attacked by security forces
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls on the UN to help protect Gamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and prominent activist, after he was attacked by security forces yet again.
Longest internet disruption in Myanmar’s Rakhine state sets dangerous precedent
The internet has been blocked in four towns of Rakhine State since June 2019.
Get out of my face! The activists who took action against face recognition in 2019
In 2019, governments were quick to adopt face recognition technologies for use in public spaces; read about how activists worldwide have responded, demanding transparency and winning moratoria and bans on the use of this powerful technology.
Judge delays trial in 2012 killing of Brazilian radio journalist, citing lack of resources
CPJ says Brazilian authorities must quickly resume the trial of the alleged killers of radio journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira and ensure that justice is served without further delays.
Venezuelan intelligence services raid, shutter news outlets Venepress and Telecaribe
CPJ calls on Venezuelan authorities to immediately allow local news outlets Telecaribe and Venepress to resume their work informing the public and cease their harassment of independent media.
Nepal’s press freedom at risk amid restrictive bills, government pressure
CPJ looked into some of the challenges and restrictions facing journalists in Nepal today.
Justice not done: Turkish civil society leader Osman Kavala remains behind bars despite ECtHR ruling
At the fourth hearing of Osman Kavala’s trial, his lawyer pointed to the recent ECtHR ruling that his client should be released immediately. However, the 30th High Criminal Court of Istanbul ruled to continue Kavala’s detention.
RSF calls for Julian Assange to be released on humanitarian grounds
Two months before Assange’s extradition hearing, RSF calls on the US to drop its Espionage Act charges against him, and for the Wikileaks publisher to be released on grounds that his health has seriously deteriorated whilst in detention.
2019 in review: EFF’s fight against the undermining of our digital rights
November’s landmark opinion in Alasaad v. McAleenan was a culmination of EFF’s work explaining to the public and the courts that you don’t lose your rights when you go online or use digital tools.
Police violence against journalists covering protests in India
Several journalists were attacked while covering protests against India’s new citizenship law.
How anti-government protesters in Iraq are being kidnapped and assassinated
GCHR says peaceful protesters, civil society activists and human rights defenders in Iraq are increasingly being kidnapped, tortured and assassinated for their participation in ongoing anti-government protests.
RSF records a 44% decrease in the killings of journalists in 2019
RSF says that 49 journalists were killed in 2019 – an “historically low” figure compared with an annual average of 80 journalists killed during the past two decades. Fewer journalists were killed in war zones than in countries at peace.
France: RSF and 13 journalists file complaint about French police violence
The complaint accuses unidentified police officers – who are tasked by the state with protecting lives and property – with deliberate violence against media personnel and damage to their property during the “gilets jaunes” protests.
Four accused in Ján Kuciak murder case will go on trial in January
Businessman Marian Kočner is accused of contracting the assassination, Miroslav Marcek and Tomas Szabo are accused of carrying out the killing, and Alena Zsuzsova is accused of acting as an intermediary.
Ampatuan court conviction is a good sign but it hardly ends impunity in the Philippines
Members of the Ampatuan family and accomplices were sentenced up to 40 years in prison for the killing of 58 individuals, 32 of whom were journalists, in 2009.
Illegal surveillance of Assange’s conversations with his lawyers must not be used in court
ARTICLE 19 also calls on the UK court to reject Assange’s extradition to the US, where he faces charges that relate to the publication of Wikileaks material; if found guilty, he could face up to 175 years in prison.