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International Impact Report 2024
Our 2024 International Impact Report is out!
Learn how ARTICLE 19 worked with partners and communities to demand better and achieve real change, both locally and globally.
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Our 2024 International Impact Report is out!
Learn how ARTICLE 19 worked with partners and communities to demand better and achieve real change, both locally and globally.
stories.article19.org/impact-repor...
Learn how ARTICLE 19 worked with partners and communities to demand better and achieve real change, both locally and globally.
stories.article19.org/impact-repor...
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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Please donate via our GivingTuesday appeal next week. Your gift will be match-funded + make an even greater impact.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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Please donate via our GivingTuesday appeal next week. Your gift will be match-funded + make an even greater impact.
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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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Read our briefing to find out how.
Because silencing women journalists threatens the right to information for all of us.
#NoExcuse #EquallySafe
www.article19.org/resources/in...
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.
www.article19.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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
www.article19.org/resources/in...
Read our briefing to find out how.
Because silencing women journalists threatens the right to information for all of us.
#NoExcuse #EquallySafe
www.article19.org/resources/in...
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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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.
gijn.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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.
gijn.org/stories/2025...
gijn.org/stories/2025...
'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.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
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.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
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...
artigo19.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
'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.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
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.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
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.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
Tech and Human Rights Study: Making technical standards work for humanity - New pathways for incorporating international human rights into standards development for digital technologies
www.ohchr.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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 🔽
www.article19.org/resources/bo...
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 🔽
www.article19.org/resources/bo...
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.
www.article19.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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 🔽
www.article19.org/resources/bo...
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 🔽
www.article19.org/resources/bo...
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.
www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
ARTICLE 19’s Michael Caster comments on the increasing normalisation of the authoritarian digital model – without human rights safeguards – championed by China.
www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
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...
www.ftm.eu
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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.
www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
ARTICLE 19’s Michael Caster comments on the increasing normalisation of the authoritarian digital model – without human rights safeguards – championed by China.
www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
But the fight to end impunity for crimes against journalists continues.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
But the fight to end impunity for crimes against journalists continues.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Europe: Investigations into cloud computing under DMA a welcome move @article19.bsky.social www.article19.org/resources/eu... - couldn't agree more
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.
www.article19.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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.
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
A technical failure is a democratic failure. We must break Big Tech’s stranglehold and protect democratic participation, public services and fundamental rights.
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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.
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
A technical failure is a democratic failure. We must break Big Tech’s stranglehold and protect democratic participation, public services and fundamental rights.
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
2 weeks to go until GivingTuesday! GlobalGiving’s match funding makes it possible for 1 donation to have greater impact.
Every gift you make to our page will be boosted, meaning your support helps us unlock additional funds to make an even bigger difference.
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Every gift you make to our page will be boosted, meaning your support helps us unlock additional funds to make an even bigger difference.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
2 weeks to go until GivingTuesday! GlobalGiving’s match funding makes it possible for 1 donation to have greater impact.
Every gift you make to our page will be boosted, meaning your support helps us unlock additional funds to make an even bigger difference.
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Every gift you make to our page will be boosted, meaning your support helps us unlock additional funds to make an even bigger difference.
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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.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Digital commons initiatives can only deliver if Europe breaks Big Tech’s stranglehold – and civil society will play a vital role.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology
On 29 October, the European Commission adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly deve...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Digital commons initiatives can only deliver if Europe breaks Big Tech’s stranglehold – and civil society will play a vital role.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
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.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Civil society must help build truly democratic alternatives to Big Tech power.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology
On 29 October, the European Commission adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly deve...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Civil society must help build truly democratic alternatives to Big Tech power.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
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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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.
www.article19.org/resources/ar...
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.
www.article19.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
www.article19.org/resources/ar...
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.
www.article19.org/resources/ar...
“The truth never gives up.”
ARTICLE 19’s Leopoldo Maldonado reflects on COLPIN, the most important investigative journalism conference in Latin America.
www.sinembargo.mx/4726398/colp...
ARTICLE 19’s Leopoldo Maldonado reflects on COLPIN, the most important investigative journalism conference in Latin America.
www.sinembargo.mx/4726398/colp...
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.
www.sinembargo.mx
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The truth never gives up.”
ARTICLE 19’s Leopoldo Maldonado reflects on COLPIN, the most important investigative journalism conference in Latin America.
www.sinembargo.mx/4726398/colp...
ARTICLE 19’s Leopoldo Maldonado reflects on COLPIN, the most important investigative journalism conference in Latin America.
www.sinembargo.mx/4726398/colp...
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
climatecrimeanalysis.org/cop30/
Sharing reliable information about climate change commitments is vital to tackling the climate emergency.
#COP30
climatecrimeanalysis.org/cop30/
COP30 - Center for Climate Crime Analysis
climatecrimeanalysis.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
climatecrimeanalysis.org/cop30/
Sharing reliable information about climate change commitments is vital to tackling the climate emergency.
#COP30
climatecrimeanalysis.org/cop30/
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.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
During conflict, freedom of expression must be protected.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Horror as armed men abduct and kill TikTok influencer
Mali authorities say influencer had posted videos in support nation’s military
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
During conflict, freedom of expression must be protected.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“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.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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.
wearesolomon.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“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.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Digital rights in Europe under threat!
Together over 120 society organisations, trade unions + defenders of the public interest we are raising alarm over European Commission’s Digital Omnibus.
We're clear – fundamental rights are not ‘red tape’.
www.article19.org/resources/eu...
Together over 120 society organisations, trade unions + defenders of the public interest we are raising alarm over European Commission’s Digital Omnibus.
We're clear – fundamental rights are not ‘red tape’.
www.article19.org/resources/eu...
EU: Uphold hard-won protections for digital human rights - ARTICLE 19
The forthcoming EU Digital Omnibus proposals raise serious alarm for protection of human rights and privacy online.
www.article19.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Digital rights in Europe under threat!
Together over 120 society organisations, trade unions + defenders of the public interest we are raising alarm over European Commission’s Digital Omnibus.
We're clear – fundamental rights are not ‘red tape’.
www.article19.org/resources/eu...
Together over 120 society organisations, trade unions + defenders of the public interest we are raising alarm over European Commission’s Digital Omnibus.
We're clear – fundamental rights are not ‘red tape’.
www.article19.org/resources/eu...
Save the date! This #GivingTuesday - Tuesday 2 December - every donation will help us to unlock a share of Global Giving's $500,000 match funding.
Join us and make an even greater impact!
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Save the date! This #GivingTuesday - Tuesday 2 December - every donation will help us to unlock a share of Global Giving's $500,000 match funding.
Join us and make an even greater impact!
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Despite severe pressures on them, independent journalists in Hungary continue to deliver quality, fact-based, public interest reporting. Their work + media outlets enjoy huge solidarity & support – but the legal, political and economic challenges are profound.
www.article19.org/resources/hu...
www.article19.org/resources/hu...
Hungary: Independent journalists stand firm amid heavy political pressure - ARTICLE 19
Despite severe pressures on media freedom, quality and independent journalism continues to exist in Hungary.
www.article19.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Despite severe pressures on them, independent journalists in Hungary continue to deliver quality, fact-based, public interest reporting. Their work + media outlets enjoy huge solidarity & support – but the legal, political and economic challenges are profound.
www.article19.org/resources/hu...
www.article19.org/resources/hu...
ARTICLE 19’s Executive Director Quinn McKew at the World Forum for Democracy, discussing our Global Expression Report, the decline in freedom of expression – and action we can take to protect citizen voices.
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Interview with Quinn McKEW at the World Forum for Democracy 2025
Quinn McKEW, Executive Director, Article19, United Kingdom
vimeo.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
ARTICLE 19’s Executive Director Quinn McKew at the World Forum for Democracy, discussing our Global Expression Report, the decline in freedom of expression – and action we can take to protect citizen voices.
vimeo.com/1135267271?s...
vimeo.com/1135267271?s...
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Lovely to talk with these folks about the problematic ways that crawlers are breaking the Internet lately
🕷️Creepy AI crawlers are haunting the internet🕷️
This Halloween, Tanu I and @ccs.bsky.social ocial explain how AI crawlers are ruining the internet for all of us.
Read this season’s real horror story in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/creepy-ai-cr...
This Halloween, Tanu I and @ccs.bsky.social ocial explain how AI crawlers are ruining the internet for all of us.
Read this season’s real horror story in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/creepy-ai-cr...
Creepy AI Crawlers Are Turning the Internet into a Haunted House | TechPolicy.Press
The question is no longer whether AI crawlers are disrupting the internet, but what we can do about it, write Tanu I and Corinne Cath.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Lovely to talk with these folks about the problematic ways that crawlers are breaking the Internet lately
ARTICLE 19 Brazil & South America’s campaign Art, the Amazon and its Peoples calls on artists' creativity, innovation & passion to drive change, highlighting key debates at #COP30: sustainability, biodiversity and the people directly affected by the climate crisis.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
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...
artigo19.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ARTICLE 19 Brazil & South America’s campaign Art, the Amazon and its Peoples calls on artists' creativity, innovation & passion to drive change, highlighting key debates at #COP30: sustainability, biodiversity and the people directly affected by the climate crisis.
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...
artigo19.org/2025/11/10/e...