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Letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal expressing concern regarding the Government’s statement that force may be used to stop protests during the Olympic torch relay to Mt. Everest this month.
7 May 2008
Letter to the President of the European Olympic Committees highlighting concerns regarding alleged attempts by some members of the National Olympic Committees to limit the free expression of athletes.
17 Mar 2008
Letter to Mr Yong, the Managing Director of Thai PBS extending congratulations on the launch of the Thai Public Broadcasting Service.
13 Feb 2008
Letter to the UK newspaper, the Times marking the murder, one year ago, of the writer Hrant Dink and calling for the abolition of Article 301.
20 Jan 2008
Letter to the government of Sri Lanka expressing concern at the harassment and maltreatment of the media by members of the government and armed forces and, urging respect for freedom of expression.
18 Jan 2008
Letter to Senator Chiz Escudero expressing deep condemnation over the recent treatment of journalists by the Philippine National Police during the November 2007 uprising.
15 Jan 2008
Letter to President Yudhoyono of Indonesia calling for amendments to the draft right to information law.
20 Dec 2007
Letter to the United Nations Security Council urging the immediate adoption of a binding resolution on Burma at tonight’s emergency Security Council meeting.
26 Sep 2007
Letter to the United Nations General Assembly urging in the light of the recent military crackdown on Burma’s protestors, an immediate adoption of a resolution on Burma.
26 Sep 2007
Joint letter to the Minister of Information and Arts of the Maldives calling for amendments to the Press Law currently before parliament.
11 Sep 2007
Letter to the President of Turkey requesting the abolition of the TPC (Turkish Penal Code) and calling for improvements in the area of freedom of expression.
10 Sep 2007
Letter to the Council of Europe highlighting freedom of expression concerns and recommendations for legal reform in the lead up to the Council of Europe’s mission to Azerbaijan.
4 Sep 2007
Letter proposing a 10 point plan to secure freedom of expression and open democracy in the United Kingdom, submitted to Gordon Brown, the new Prime Minister from ARTICLE 19, Index on Censorship and English PEN.
27 Jun 2007
Joint letter to the Iranian embassy in London calling for the immediate release of three U.S.-Iranian citizens, charged by the Iranian authorities with espionage.
19 Jun 2007
Letter and list of organizations and individuals opposing the amendments to the Bulgarian Access to Public Information Act, which were passed by the National Assembly at the first reading on May 10, 2007
21 May 2007
Joint letter to the Maldivian Minister of Information and Arts from the International Press Freedom Mission to the Maldives to which ARTICLE 19 is a member. The letter urges the government to increase its media reform efforts as outlined in the government's own reform mapping process.
3 May 2007
Letter to the President of Azerbaijan concerning the journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, who on 20th April 2007 was sentenced to 2.5 years imprisonment for an article he wrote in 2005 that was critical of the Azerbaijani authorities.
2 May 2007
Letter to the King of Jordan concerning the amendments made to the draft Law Guaranteeing Access to Information in the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday 25 April 2007.
30 Apr 2007
ARTICLE 19 Letter to the OSCE Chairman in Office expressing concern over a number of risks to freedom of expression in Western Europe, and calling on the OSCE’s Participating States to address these problems.
4 Apr 2007
Letter to Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, Minister of Culture and Arts of the Maldivian government, outlining ARTICLE 19's concerns regarding the draft Broadcasting Bill.
9 Mar 2007
ARTICLE 19 letter to European Commission Minister Zypries and Commissioner Frattini, criticising the German intention to push for an EU-wide ban on denying or trivialising the Holocaust, other genocides and a range of war crimes.
12 Feb 2007
Letter to the UK Select Committee on the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill, arguing against proposals to exempt parliamentary information from disclosure.
7 Feb 2007
Letter urging MPs to reject proposed amendments to the way costs for information requests are assessed under the UK Freedom of Information Act.
6 Feb 2007
Letter to the donor countries of the EC, Norway, Japan and the United States concerning the shortage of printing materials in the northeast city of Jaffna and the ensuing impact on freedom of expression.
26 Jan 2007
Joint open letter sent to MP David Maclean regarding the proposed bill to exempt Parliament and MPs’ correspondence from the UK's Freedom of Information Act.
25 Jan 2007
Joint letter to the Iranian government expressing deep concern about the Procedural Guidelines for Publication, which are preventing local writers and publishers from issuing new books.
5 Dec 2006
Joint letter to the Minister of Information and Arts concerning the apparent lack of progress on the government's promised democratic reforms and the failure to meet the deadline for opening up the broadcast media.
4 Dec 2006
Joint letter from ARTICLE 19, International PEN and the International Publishers Association (IPA) to the Turkish Prime Minister expressing concern about the impact of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code on freedom of expression.
23 Nov 2006
Letter to the President of Azerbaijan concerning the attempted eviction of the newspaper Azadlig from their premises.
23 Nov 2006
Letter submitted to all fifteen members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging them to adopt a resolution on Burma.
13 Nov 2006
Letter to the Albanian Minister of Justice urging defamation law reform.
25 Oct 2006
Letter to the UNDP Public Information and Documentation Oversight Panel, protesting a refusal to release information, in violation of the organisation's own Public Information and Documentation Disclosure Policy.
23 Oct 2006
Joint letter to President Putin expressing concern and shock over the murder of the internationally respected journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Saturday 7th October.
11 Oct 2006
Letter to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, expressing concern about the closure of the weekly Kaliningradskie Noviye Kolesa newspaper in Kaliningrad and condemning the criminal charges laid against the newspaper’s journalists.
28 Sep 2006
Letter to the Prosecutor General of Armenia expressing ARTICLE 19's concern about the attack on Hovhannes Galajian, the editor-in-chief of the Iravunq newspaper on 6 September 2006.
19 Sep 2006
ARTICLE 19 expresses its concern about the delays in the implementation of the Law on Obtaining Information of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the Law).
15 Sep 2006
Open letter to Turkey's President, expressing concern that proposed amendments to the 1991 anti-terror law will contravene Turkey's international obligations in the area of freedom of expression.
27 Jul 2006
Letter to President Ilham Aliyev regarding the growing number of arrests of and violent attacks on media representatives and the lack of transparency surrounding investigations into these incidents.
25 Jul 2006
Letter to the President of the Russian Federation, requesting him to veto recent draft amendments to extremism legislation.
21 Jul 2006
Letter to the President of Kyrgyzstan, urging him to sign the draft public service broadcasting law into law.
12 Jul 2006
Open letter from five NGOs to President Gayoom, expressing concerns on the Maldives Defamation Bill, which was proposed as part of the government’s drive to bring Maldives law and practice in line with international human rights standards.
10 Jul 2006
Open letter to the President of Kazakhstan urging him to veto amendments to Kazakhstan's media laws.
7 Jul 2006
Open letter protesting the actions of the Gambian authorities, which prevented the organisation of an NGO forum on freedom of expression on the eve of the African Union Summit on 29-30 June 2006.
30 Jun 2006
Open letter to the candidates in Mexico's upcoming presidential elections, urging them to pledge their commitment to transparency, accountability and the right to access information.
29 Jun 2006
Letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, protesting the arbitrary detention of journalists Madi Ceesay and Musa Saidykhan and the closure of the 'Independent' newspaper.
5 Apr 2006
Open letter to the Prosecutor-General of Belarus, urging him immediately to start an investigation into the allegations of police brutality against journalists in March 2006.
22 Mar 2006
Letter from the Global Transparency Initiative to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, calling for the Bank's Public Information Policy to comply with the right to information.
20 Feb 2006
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Mohammed Al-Asadi, editor-in-chief of The Yemen Observer.
14 Feb 2006
Letter calling on the UNDP to comply with its own Information Disclosure Policy.
6 Feb 2006
Letter to the Technical Working Group on Cambodia's draft Penal Code, expressing concern with the provisions on criminal defamation and defamation against public officials.
23 Jan 2006
Open letter to the Macedonian authorities calling on them to resolve flaws in the draft Law on Free Access to Information of a Public Character and expedite its enactment.
12 Jan 2006
Letter urging recently re-elected President Bongo to make freedom of expression and freedom of information priorities during his new term.
12 Dec 2005
Letter warning the prime minister of the Central African Republic on the need to improving respect for freedom of expression, after the Transport Minister threatens to re-establish censorship.
12 Dec 2005
Letter welcoming the initiative by the Kyrgyz government to establish public service broadcasting.
9 Nov 2005
Letter expressing concern at the authorities' refusal to include a guarantee of the right to access State-held information in the draft Constitution.
8 Nov 2005
Letter to Kofi Annan in which ARTICLE 19 joins civil society organisations participating at the Prepcom 3 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in expressing concern about the state of freedom of expression in the host country, Tunisia.
6 Oct 2005
Letter to President Gayoom concerning the arrest and detention of Mohamed Nasheed, Chairperson of the MDP, along with pro-democracy supporters on 12 August 2005, following a peaceful vigil in Male's Republican Square.
17 Aug 2005
Open letter to Mr Pellumbi regarding proposed changes to the Albanian Civil and Criminal Codes.
28 Apr 2005
Letter to President Lukashenka regarding the deteriorating state of freedom of expression in Belarus.
14 Apr 2005
Open letter to President Lukashenka concerning the case of journalist Veranica Charkasava, who was stabbed to death in her apartment in Minsk on 20 October 2004, and concerning the new draft Law on Press and other Mass Media.
1 Apr 2005
Letter to H.E. Yahya Jammeh, President of the Republic, expressing concerns about the adoption of the
22 Dec 2004
Letter to President Leonid Kuchma expressing concern at recent developments regarding the state of media freedom in the period preceding the presidential elections, scheduled for 31 October 2004.
15 Oct 2004
Letter to President Lukashenka expressing alarm at the developments concerning the state of freedom of expression in Belarus in the period preceding the parliamentary elections.
12 Oct 2004
Letter setting out ARTICLE 19's comments on the Council of Europe's draft political texts to be submitted to the 7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy.
31 Aug 2004
Letter expression concern at the recently gazetted Zimbabwean Bill on the Operation of Non-Governmental Organisations.
24 Aug 2004
Open letter to the Prime Minister from ARTICLE 19 and the Montenegrin Helsinki Committee, expressing support for the process of developing a Law on Free Access to Information in Montenegro but adding concerns about certain aspects of the draft.
8 Jun 2004
Open letter to the Prime Minister expressing concern at the decision of the Tirana district court to impose a fine of 2 million leke (approx. US $20.000) on the journalist Nikolle Lesi, owner and editor of the Koha Jona newspaper, for defamation of the Prime Minister.
27 May 2004
Letter expressing grave concern at the 'Law on Mass Media' recently adopted by the parliament of Kazakhstan.
22 Mar 2004
Open letter to the Minister of Justice, Mr. David Harutyunyan, expressing concerns about the proposed Law on Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Freedom of Information.
1 Mar 2004
Letter from ARTICLE 19, PEN and Index on Censorship to Lord Hutton seeking clarification about two of the findings in the Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly, published by Lord Hutton on 28 January 2004.
9 Feb 2004
Open letter from ARTICLE 19 and PRESS NOW to Aslan Abashidze, president of the autonomous Republic of Adjara, expressing concern about the harassment of civil rights activists and journalists by law enforcement bodies.
26 Jan 2004
Open letter to President Leonid Kuchma concerning the alleged unfair treatment of journalist Volodymyr Boyko and the weekly Ostrov, and the possible involvement of Ukrainian General Prosecutor Gennadij Vasylyev.
20 Jan 2004
Letter for publication on Friday 24 March, the anniversary of the start of NATO's bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
21 Mar 2000
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