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ARTICLE 19 is becoming increasingly concerned that acts of violence against journalists in the Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan d Georgia are on the rise. Previous attacks have seen a lack of independent and prompt investigation, creating a climate of impunity for the perpetrators and fear amongst journalists working in these countries.

ARTICLE 19 calls for expansion of freedom of expression rights to be integrated into the new draft constitution in the Republic of Kenya.

As reporters flee fighting in the Swat valley, Zubeida Mustafa reports on the conflict’s effect on Pakistan’s press.

When: Monday, 18. May 2009 12-1pm To: Monday, 18. May 2009 Where: London, Burmese Embassy, 19A Charles Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 5DX (Nearest tube: Green Park) More info: www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/myanmarburmaglobalactionday-monday18may/ The leader of Burma’s National League for Democracy and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with breaching the conditions of her […]

Following the launch of the European Union (EU)’s Eastern Partnership on 7 May, ARTICLE 19 calls on the EU to keep protection for human rights and freedom of expression at the heart of the Eastern Partnership and its dialogue.

ARTICLE 19 calls on the Yemeni government to immediately lift all forms of
censorship on the media and return confiscated newspapers.

To mark World Press Freedom Day 2009, Index on Censorship asked a panel of experts what needs to be done to protect the press in the year ahead.

The Irish government’s plan to introduce blasphemy legislation may seem a retrograde step, but it is part of a broader global trend, writes Padraig Reidy

A prominent political cartoonist, Mario Robles, of the newspaper Noticias Voz e
Imagen de Oaxaca in western Mexico was violently assaulted and subjected to
death threats by members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) on 19
April.