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#Europe 🌐 @article19.bsky.social joins 31 rights groups in calling on the Council of Europe to adopt a convention dedicated to preventing and combatting transnational repression, and supporting its victims. buff.ly/6H6wQQI

Human Rights Day: Hong Kong must release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan now - ARTICLE 19 Hong Kong authorities must release activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, and stop targeting people who exercise the right to free speech.

On Human Rights Day, ARTICLE 19 and partner organisations call on the Hong Kong authorities to release activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, and to stop targeting people who exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.

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International Human Rights Day 2025: A rights-respecting Malaysia for all - ARTICLE 19 On International Human Rights Day, Malaysia must acknowledge that freedom of expression and the right to information are everyday essentials.

As we mark Human Rights Day, we remember freedom of expression is not a privilege, but an inherent right essential for every person to live freely and safely.

Everyone in Malaysia must be able to live with dignity and be able to express themselves without fear.

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The time to act is now

On International Human Rights Day 2025, a reflection on what the current moment means for our movement – and the radical change needed to confront the global assault on our rights and freedoms.   

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#Iran 🇮🇷 State backed digital harassment is silencing minority communities & activists through hacking, smear campaigns, and cross border intimidation. @article19.bsky.social’s podcast details how these tactics isolate critics and suppress collective action. buff.ly/LLjsFwR

As #Myanmar heads to the polls in what many brand a sham election, the junta launches fresh assaults on freedom of expression and electoral rights - targeting independent media outlet AAMIJ News and journalist Myat Thu Kyaw.

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Boundaries of Expression podcast: Digital harassment - ARTICLE 19 A new ARTICLE 19 podcast discusses online harassment of Iran's minority groups and the resilience of activists despite new tactics.

Listen now:

Jo Glanville talks to Simin Fahandej of the Bahá’í International Community & Azadeh Pourzand of the Siamak Pourzand Foundation about the rise in digital harassment of ethnic and religious minorities – and these communities' incredible resilience.

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On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, ARTICLE 19 calls for urgent state action to protect women journalists.

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Investigating tech-facilitated gender-based violence against journalists - ARTICLE 19 States just counter online threats to women journalists so they can safely exercise their rights to freedom of expression and gender equality.

States must do more to counter and investigate tech-facilitated gender-based violence against women journalists.

Read our briefing to find out how.

Because silencing women journalists threatens the right to information for all of us.

#NoExcuse #EquallySafe

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Brave Investigations from Nigeria, Egypt, Peru, and Mexico Honored at GIJC25’s Global Shining Light Awards These three winners and recipient of a special citation represent outstanding journalism from developing or transitioning countries, carried out under threat or in perilous conditions.

Congratulations to winners of this year’s Global Shining Light Awards – powerful reminders of the role investigative journalism plays in holding authorities, criminals and companies to account and in bringing vital news about human rights violations to the wider world.

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Edital aberto “Arte, Amazônia e seus Povos” - ARTIGO19 A ARTIGO 19, organização não governamental internacional de direitos humanos que promove e defende a liberdade de expressão e o acesso à informação em todo o mundo, lança este Edital de Chamamento Púb...

'The Amazon is now! The Amazon is us!'

As #COP30 comes to a close, a reminder of the public call to join ARTICLE 19 Brazil + South America's 'Art, the Amazon and its Peoples'.

Creativity will help shine a light on communities directly affected by the climate crisis.

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Tech and Human Rights Study: Making technical standards work for humanity - New pathways for incorporating international human rights into standards development for digital technologies

ARTICLE 19 is proud to have engaged with and contributed to the OHCHR’s recent research.

Ensuring technical standards development is linked to and rooted in human rights will empower us all to exercise our rights to communicate and to access information freely.

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Boundaries of Expression podcast: Digital harassment - ARTICLE 19 A new ARTICLE 19 podcast discusses online harassment of Iran's minority groups and the resilience of activists despite new tactics.

Excited to announce the launch of our new podcast on Iran!

Jo Glanville talks to Azadeh Pourzand and Simin Fahandej 
about the rise in digital harassment – and how a global community of resilient civic society activists provides hope.

Listen now 🔽

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Turkey ramps up surveillance of its citizens – with a hand from Brussels A Turkish firm which has been backed by EU research funds is supplying facial recognition equipment to Ankara. The company’s controlling shareholder is Chinese tech giant ZTE, classified by Brussels a...

Is a Chinese company helping supply surveillance equipment to target protesters using EU funding?

ARTICLE 19’s Michael Caster comments on the increasing normalisation of the authoritarian digital model – without human rights safeguards – championed by China.

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Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and rebukes an ABC reporter for questioning the Saudi leader.

But the fight to end impunity for crimes against journalists continues.

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Europe: Investigations into cloud computing under DMA a welcome move - ARTICLE 19 The European Commission's cloud computing investigations under the Digital Markets Act will help ensure a fairer digital ecosystem.

Europe: Investigations into cloud computing under DMA a welcome move @article19.bsky.social www.article19.org/resources/eu... - couldn't agree more

Cloudfare outages on the day ARTICLE 19’s Corinne Cath spoke at the European Digital Sovereignty Summit.

A technical failure is a democratic failure. We must break Big Tech’s stranglehold and protect democratic participation, public services and fundamental rights.

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TODAY: ARTICLE 19’s Corinne Cath speaks about our shared digital future at the European Digital Sovereignty Summit.

Digital commons initiatives can only deliver if Europe breaks Big Tech’s stranglehold – and civil society will play a vital role.

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Tomorrow at the European Digital Sovereignty Summit ARTICLE 19’s Corinne Cath joins expert panel “The Power of Digital Commons: Building Europe’s Shared Digital Future”.

Civil society must help build truly democratic alternatives to Big Tech power.

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ARTICLE 19 continues partnership with Dynamic Spectrum Alliance - ARTICLE 19 ARTICLE 19 is partnering with the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance to advance rights-based and inclusive spectrum governance.

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit starts today!

We're proud to partner with DSA as we advance our shared vision of open and efficient access to radio spectrum as the key to digital connectivity, freedom of expression + resilient public infrastructure.

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COLPIN 2025: “La verdad no se rinde” El COLPIN subrayó como principio esencial que la defensa del periodismo no es una causa gremial, sino ciudadana.

“The truth never gives up.”

ARTICLE 19’s Leopoldo Maldonado reflects on COLPIN, the most important investigative journalism conference in Latin America.

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COP30 - Center for Climate Crime Analysis

Today, ARTICLE 19 Brazil and South America will attend a session on the Escazú Agreement hosted by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis.

Sharing reliable information about climate change commitments is vital to tackling the climate emergency.

#COP30

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Horror as armed men abduct and kill TikTok influencer Mali authorities say influencer had posted videos in support nation’s military

Tiktok influencer Mariame Cissé was executed for voicing support for Mali's army – but she was also documenting daily life in a country reeling from years of war amidst a crippling fuel blockade.

During conflict, freedom of expression must be protected.

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Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI program Europol’s growing appetite for data and artificial intelligence is transforming European policing, largely out of public view, and without clear oversight.

“Europol’s Fundamental Rights Officer does not function as an effective safeguard against the risks posed by the agency’s increasing use of digital technologies." ARTICLE 19's Barbara Simão on Europol's secretive push for greater use of AI in policing.

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📣 The European Commission must urgently change course to defend, not dismantle, the laws that protect us all.

Under the guise of ‘simplification’, the Commission is ushering in an agenda aimed at dismantling the decades of progress on Europe’s digital rights framework – laws that protect our privacy, keep our data secure and hold governments and corporations accountable.