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United Kingdom: Travel ban on Dutch MP
The travel ban for Dutch politician Geert Wilders is rejected by ARTICLE 19 that considers the ban to go against European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). “the democratic values of “pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness” that underpin the system of the ECHR involve the protection of expression even when it is offensive, shocking or disturbing.”
Адліга прыйдзе з “Нашай Вясной”
Беларускія праваабаронцы маюць уласны тэст на гатоўнасць уладаў краіны да дыялогу з Еўразвязам і да дэмакратычных зменаў у грамадстве.
UK: Controversial government ban on Dutch MP
The debate on limits to freedom of expression is re-sparked by the government’s decision to uphold a ban that prevented anti-Islamic Dutch MP Geert Wilders, right, from entering the country.
Another Russian social activist suffered severe beating
Yuri Grachev, editor of the oppositional newspaper Solnechnogorsk Forum and a deputy in the Solnechnogorsk City Council, has been attacked and severely beaten by unknown persons.
Nine monks sentenced, other committed suicide in Tibet
Nine monks studying at Samye Monastery in Tibet were sentenced to varying prison terms between 2-15 years’ in jail for their participation in the last Spring Tibet protest in Lhoka Prefecture “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TAR’) and a monk committed suicide, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
Show the courage and award the courageous
Non-governmental organizations from Bosnia & Herzegovina started an initiative regarding Show the Courage and Award the Courageous: Six-April Award for the team of FTV magazine ’60 Minuta’. This is an appeal to the authorities and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding recent happenings relating to physical and verbal attacks on journalists of political TV magazine ’60 Minuta’.
New crimes of Colonel Budanov
After an early release of former colonel Yuri Budanov, accused in rape and murder of a young Chechen woman Elza Kungayeva, evidence of his involvement in murder of three more Chechen residents is revealed.
Call for International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia to uphold free expression
As the trial of Florence Hartmann approaches, ARTICLE 19 has expressed concerns that the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is not upholding international standards on freedom of expression.
Criminalisation of Youth- a futile solution to juvenile justice?
In a comment released by the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammerberg, its Human Rights Commissioner, advocates that current methods dealing with child offenders not only fail to be effective, but actually exacerbate problems. He proposes measures that move beyond the rigidly focused debate to decide an appropriate age for criminal responsibility.
Kenya and Somalia: Deaths of two journalists highlight continued risks for the media
It’s just a few short weeks into the year and two journalists have lost their lives,
simply for doing their jobs. In the Republic of Kenya, freelance journalist Francis Nyaruri was
abducted and killed, and in the Republic of Somalia, radio journalist Said Tahlil Ahmed was
shot dead in a market. These killings are a reminder of the continued danger
that so many media workers currently face in the East and Horn of Africa.