ARTICLE 19 welcomes today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court ordering the identification of five persons who had their assets frozen by the Treasury for suspicion of supporting terrorist activities. The judgment emphasises the principles of open justice and the public interest, and provides important guidance for the courts when attempting to balance the right to privacy with the right to freedom of expression.

ARTICLE 19 en coordinación con Rory Peck Trust ofrecieron por tercer vez, entrenamiento en seguridad para periodistas que trabajan en zonas de alto riesgo.

Press release on security training in Mexico.

In an open letter submitted to the incoming Secretary General for the Council of Europe, ARTICLE 19 joins more than 40 civil society organisations and individuals in offering to help define the benchmarks for a review of anti-terrorism legislation and practice, and its impact on the right to freedom of expression and information.

An open letter submitted to the Secretary General for the Council of Europe by ARTICLE 19 and 40 other civil society organisations following up a resolution to review anti-terrorism legislation and practice, and its impact on the right to freedom of expression and information.

Statement regarding the crackdown in Honduras.

Statement on the constricting environment that the government of Swaziland is imposing on Freedom of Expression.

Press release welcoming UN Human Rights Committee report highlighting several freedom of expression issues in the United Kingdom.

A Tetun translation of ARTICLE 19's international standard “Johannesburg Principles: Principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information.”

An opinion article on anti-terrorism and the media written for the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) campaign against the widespread tightening of security and surveillance measures.

Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, Dr Agnes Callamard's keynote speech on "Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom: Protecting and Respecting Human Security". The speech was prepared for and delivered at the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) supplementary meeting on "Freedom of the Media: Protection of Journalists and Access to Information" held on the 13-14th August 2006.

Statement concerning the case of Aleksanders Gilmans, who is set to go on trial for ‘incitement to forcibly overthrow the government of the Republic of Latvia’. The statement sets out international standards on freedom of expression and national security and concludes that Gilmans should be acquitted.

Joint statement from ARTICLE 19 and Amnesty International concerning the proposed amendments to Decree No. 18 of the year 1973 of Public Meetings, Processions and Gatherings.

Evidence given by ARTICLE 19 to the ICJ Eminent Jurists Panel on freedom of expression and UK anti-terror law and practice.

Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on its review of the 'sedition' provisions enacted in November 2005.

Submission to the 2006 review of the definition of terrorism in UK law.

Memorandum on Jordan's Protection of State Secrets and Documents Provisional Law No. (50)

Statement outlining ARTICLE 19's concerns with Clause 1 of the United Kingdom's Terrorism Bill, 'Encouragement of Terrorism.'

Statement on clause 1 of the draft Terrorism Bill of the United Kingdom.

Memorandum analysing the Home Office's List of Unacceptable Behaviors as an inappropriate response to 'terrorist' threats.

Response to Home Office consultation on exclusion or deportation from the UK on non-conducive grounds.

Memorandum analysing the Official Secrets Act 1972 against international standards on the right to freedom of expression.

Memorandum analysing the Law on Protection of State Secrets and its failure to mitigate concerns regarding the restrictions on freedom of expression and access to information.

Memorandum on the Law on Classified Information of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Memorandum on the Romanian Law on Classified Information.

Briefing note exploring the proposed amendments to the 1968 Penal Code dealing with the unauthorised disclosure of State secrets, as translated by the Bulgarian Access to Information Programme.

Memorandum on the Malaysian Sedition Act of 1948.

Memorandum on Moldova's Law on Combating Extremist Activity.

Paper providing an overview of the Johannesburg Principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information and the status of their implementation.

Memorandum analysing the draft Law on the Protection of Classified Information prepared in anticipation of joining NATO.

Joint publication by ARTICLE 19 and Liberty, providing a critical analysis of UK laws and mechanisms which ostensibly safeguard national security but which have, in practice, been used by successive governments to suppress embarrassing or controversial revelations and to undermine the public’s right to know.

Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 on national security and public order restrictions on freedom of expression.

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The Johannesburg Principles, so called because they were developed, discussed and agreed by 37 international experts at a three day consultation in South Africa in 1995, have gradually been accepted and cited as the definitive standards for the protection of freedom of expression in the context of national security laws.

Estes Princípios foram adoptados em 1995 por um grupo de peritos em direito internacional, segurança nacional e direitos humanos. Os Princípios baseiam-se no direito e normas internacionais e regionais relativos à protecção dos direitos humanos.