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Azerbaijan: Ban on foreign FM radio stations to remain in effect
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety and Media Rights Institute have condemned the government’s announcement that the ban on broadcasts by foreign radio stations via local FM frequencies in the Republic of Azerbaijan will remain in effect.
MPs and NGOs call for ban on super-injunctions
Index on Censorship and English PEN called on MPs to strengthen the public’s right to information. Individuals and companies should no longer be free to gag the press, said Editor of Index on Censorship.
Let Me Out of Hell
The Burmese Theatre Workshop – the UK’s first ensemble of Burmese actors – presents ‘Let Me Out of Hell’, a performance about Burma, post Cyclone Nargis.
Media locked out of torture case in Uganda
The media was locked out yesterday of a torture court case involving Uganda’s Chief of Military Intelligence, Brigadier James Mugira. The order barring the media was issued by Justice Yorakamu Bamwine, who was presiding over a case where the secretary for trade and industry in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)- the biggest opposition party Republic of Uganda, has sued Mugira for allegedly being tortured when he was detained by the Joint Anti Terrorism Task force.
İndependent Writers’ Union started a marathon
Republic of Azerbaijan Human Rights House hosted its ever largest-scale event today.
Azerbaijan remains a country with low rating of the freedom of press
International organization “Reporters without Borders” published yesterday annual rating of the freedom of press in the world.
Video evidence available of Ugandan police and army’s brutality
Video footage collected from YouTube leaves little doubt that the riots in Kampala last month were met with excessive use of force by the Ugandan police and military forces. An unestablished number of demonstrators and ordinary civilians, most likely in excess of 20, were killed, and many more injured by stray bullets and through heavy baton beatings.
Women empowerment in Macedonia
Addressing issues of women economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, the Macedonian Women’s Rights Centre – MWRC – recently organized an event called “Woman Has the Power”. Equal employment opportunities for men and women is an obvious precondition for the empowerment of women, concluded the event.
Broad Norwegian protest against violations in Western Sahara
The Human Rights House Foundation has joined 17 other Norwegian organisations in signing a letter to the Foreign Minister of Norway raising concern over the current situation in Western Sahara. Last week, Moroccan authorities subjected a group of leading Sahrawi human rights activists to serious violations.
Kenyan law review experts rule out rights for homosexuals
As debate continues over the same-sex marriage of two Kenyan men in London, the team writing a new constitution on Sunday ruled out enshrining the rights of homosexuals. The Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review said it had rejected suggestions by British MPs to recognise and protect the rights of homosexuals in the draft.
Prosecution for insult of ‘Turkishness’ poses serious threat, says Article 19
Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code remains a tool to silence critical voices, despite being amended in April 2008 and official reports that charges under this article have decreased. ARTICLE 19 believes it to pose a threat to free expression.