Bahrain: States must call for release of Nabeel Rajab
14 Sep 2016
Human rights groups have written to fifty states urging them to publicly call for the release of Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre…
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09 Sep 2016
ARTICLE 19 condemns the sentencing of Caucasian Knot journalist, Zhalaudi Geriev, to three years in jail on dubious narcotics charges, which…
Read in fullTurkey: Journalists must be immediately released from detention under emergency provisions
07 Sep 2016
Update: On the evening of Wednesday 7 September, Journalists Ugur and Polat were charged with "membership of a terrorist…
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06 Sep 2016
From 31 August to 2 September, an international delegation of civil society organisations visited Istanbul to demonstrate solidarity with writers,…
Read in fullTurkey: Charges must be dropped in trial of journalists following failed coup
01 Sep 2016
On 2 September, the first hearing will take place in a trial concerning three former senior editors of Taraf daily newspaper, Ahmet Altan, Yasemin…
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Ethiopia: Computer Crime Proclamation
09 Jul 2016
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Uganda: Data Protection and Privacy Bill
09 Jul 2016
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Pakistan: An Analysis of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
20 Jun 2016
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Turkey: Drop charges against the Altan brothers for expressing dissenting views
22 Sep 2016
Update: On the evening of 22 September a new arrest…
Egypt: Court orders freezing of assets of prominent human rights defenders
19 Sep 2016
On 17 September an Egyptian court upheld an order of…
Kenya: Public Benefit Organizations Act operationalised
16 Sep 2016
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the operationalisation of the Public…
Argentina: Access to Information Law is a welcome step forward
15 Sep 2016
On 14 September, after a legislative process lasting…
Iran: Zaghari-Ratcliffe sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on secret charges
12 Sep 2016
ARTICLE 19 is extremely concerned by the five year…
Turkey: Prominent intellectuals Ahmet and Mehmet Altan imprisoned
12 Sep 2016
Prominent novelist Ahmet Altan, and his brother, Mehmet…
UN HRC: 6th Session of Istanbul Process focuses on practical measures to implement UN HRC Resolution 16.18
12 Sep 2016
Read and download the pdf version of this special briefing…
Kenya: New dawn for transparency as Access to Information law is passed
01 Sep 2016
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the assent into law of the Access…
Statement
Myanmar: United Nations General Assembly resolution is still needed
01 Sep 2016
ALTSEAN-Burma, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, Civil…
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Turkey: Charges must be dropped in high-profile trial of journalists following failed coup
01 Sep 2016
On 2 September, the first hearing will take place in…