Article 19
NGO
| Article 19 link () | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1987 |
| Founders | J. Roderick MacArthur, Greg MacArthur, Aryeh Neier, Martin Ennals |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Membership | Bob Latham,Gayathry Venkiteswaran,Abir Ghattas,David Kaye,Lucia Nader,Charles Onyango-Obbo,Aparna Ravi,Mark Salway,David Viney,Lesley Swarbrick,Javier Garza Ramos |
| Reports that it "works to defend and promote freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide" | |
Article 19 is an international organisation that according to itself "works to defend and promote freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide".
Own words
An international human rights organisation that works to defend and promote freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide. It was founded in 1987.[1] The organisation takes its name from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: Template:Cquote
Covid-19
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the NGO called out governments in their curtailing of free speech and demonstrations in the Covid-19 lockdown.
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When faced with such crises, governments have a fundamental duty to be transparent about their decisions, and a legal obligation to protect people’s lives. This means ensuring that health-care professionals have access to accurate global information about the disease, educating the public about the pandemic, and ensuring that health data is accessible to everyone – no exceptions. The Global Expression Report for 2021 reveals that rather than focusing on controlling the virus, protecting public health and improving access to information, governments have used the pandemic as an excuse to:
- Suppress critical information
- Implement states of emergency without proper limits
- Place unreasonable and unnecessary restrictions on the media
And by presenting a false choice between human rights and public health, governments have used a cunning tactic to shut down public discussion and any scrutiny of their decisions. In other words, they have wasted public money and valuable time using the pandemic to entrench their power. As a result, these actions have prolonged the pandemic and cost lives.” |Is about=Article 19,Covid-19/Lockdown, Covid-19 pandemic, Covid-19/Censorship|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate= |Sourced from=Article 19 |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Article 19 |Has sourceURL=https://www.article19.org/gxr-2021/
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“Freedom of expression is the fundamental human right that enables us all to demand the highest attainable standard of health. Unlike any other year in recent history, 2020 has driven home just how vital access to accurate, reliable and timely information is, and continues to be, during a global health crisis.
When faced with such crises, governments have a fundamental duty to be transparent about their decisions, and a legal obligation to protect people’s lives. This means ensuring that health-care professionals have access to accurate global information about the disease, educating the public about the pandemic, and ensuring that health data is accessible to everyone – no exceptions. The Global Expression Report for 2021 reveals that rather than focusing on controlling the virus, protecting public health and improving access to information, governments have used the pandemic as an excuse to:
- Suppress critical information
- Implement states of emergency without proper limits
- Place unreasonable and unnecessary restrictions on the media
And by presenting a false choice between human rights and public health, governments have used a cunning tactic to shut down public discussion and any scrutiny of their decisions. In other words, they have wasted public money and valuable time using the pandemic to entrench their power.
As a result, these actions have prolonged the pandemic and cost lives.”
Article 19 [2]
Financing
Interesting names include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [[USAID] and the United States Department of State. [3]