JOINT ACTION

Leave Snowden alone...

More than 150 civil society organisations from around the world have written to President Barack Obama asking him to end the prosecution of Edward Snowden. ARTICLE 19 coordinated the global action, bringing together human rights, digital rights and media freedom campaigners to urge the US administration to acknowledge Snowden as a whistleblower in need of protection.

ARTICLE 19's executive director, Agnes Callamard wrote a letter to the Editor of the Guardian newspaper and our 150 partners garnered press attention worldwide, including in France, Poland, Romania, Lithuania and Nigeria among others. Read more >

CAMPAIGN

ARTICLE 19 sends new Iranian President Rohani 'welcome to the job' card

ARTICLE 19 staff across the world delivered a “Welcome to the Job” card for the newly elected President Rohani. The card, sent to mark his first week in the job, asks him to stick to his campaign promises to promote freedom of expression. Iranian embassies and offices in Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, USA and the UK all received a copy. Read more >

• Rise, the diplomat President

  Sunday saw the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as the 7th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ARTICLE 19's Iran team provide insight on the beginnings of the new Presidency. Read more >

NEWSLETTER

Freedom of Expression in East Africa

Our monthly newsletter provides a snapshot of cases of violence against journalists in Eastern Africa. It is compiled by ARTICLE 19 Kenya and Eastern Africa with the assistance of our partners across the region. This month includes updates from Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Read more >

LEGAL ANALYSIS

Somalia: Draft Media Law

ARTICLE 19 examines the draft Media Law of Somalia which was passed by the Council of Ministers in July 2013. This analysis is aimed to inform the work of the Technical Expert Committee on Re-drafting the Somali Media Law, set up by the Deputy Minister of Information, Abdishakur Ali Mire, following the international criticism of the Draft Law. Read he analysis here >

PRESS RELEASE

Egypt: Prison sentence for insulting president removed but further reform needed

ARTICLE 19 welcomes a new presidential decree that ends prison time for insulting the president, but is concerned about the increased fines, which contradict international standards. Read more >

BLOG

UK porn ban ineffective and dangerous for free speech

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to push search engines and ISPs to block or blacklist “extreme pornography” and child abuse sounds worthwhile, but in practice it would be unworkable, lead to confusion and to online censorship. Read more >

BLOG

Dmyto Groysman

Ukrainian human rights defender, Dmytro Groysman, known as Dima to his friends, was buried in his hometown of Vinnytsa yesterday. The campaigner died from a heart attack earlier this week. Dima was well-known for his refugee work and for exposing of human rights violations in Ukraine. ARTICLE 19 remembers a man who never stopped speaking out Read more >

ADVOCACY LETTER

Bahrain: Urgent appeal to help blogger, photographer and cameraman

ARTICLE 19 has written together with partners to special rapporteurs to raise concern about the cases of a blogger, a photographer and a cameraman in Bahrain. Mohammed Hassan, Hussain Hubail and Qassim Zain Aldeen have been arrested and arbitrarily detained in the country. We are requesting an urgent intervention to secure their immediate release. Read more >

ADVOCACY LETTER

Contribution from members of international civil society to the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

We are concerned that surveillance conducted by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) under Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and other legal authorities is inconsistent with international human rights norms and U.S. international commitments. Read more >

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