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Argentina: Private Companies Banned From Advertising in Independent Media

Mar 13 2013 - 4:06pm

Freedom House and Argentina’s Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (Fundacion LED) express deep concern over the recent directives by the Argentinean government to prohibit private companies to place advertisement in independent media outlets. By targeting media groups that do not share the national government’s viewpoints, this policy threatens freedom of expression, and represents a troubling escalation of the ongoing confrontation with independent media. Freedom House and Fundacion LED call on Argentina’s leadership to abandon their campaign of economic pressure on the country’s free press and rescind these latest restrictions on private retailers.

Issues:

Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom

Regions:

Americas

Press Release

U.N. Elects Human Rights' Foes to the Human Rights Council

Nov 13 2012 - 2:38pm

The reelection of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council was a positive development in a largely disappointing election by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday, in which seven countries with poor human rights records—Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela—were also elected.

Issues:

Human Rights Defense, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations

Regions:

Americas, Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

News update

Free Media in Latin America Face Government Hostility

Jul 13 2012 - 5:28am

Press freedom has experienced a disturbing decline in several Latin American countries in the past decade, said Karin Karlekar, project director of the Freedom of the Press survey, at a July 9 event hosted by Freedom House and the American Task Force Argentina.

Issues:

Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom

Regions:

Americas

Freedom Alert

Landmark laws protecting LGBTI rights passed in Argentina and Chile

May 10 2012 - 4:57pm

Freedom House applauds the approval of two landmark laws in Argentina and Chile this week, which protect and advance the rights of minorities, in particular Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people.

Issues:

Civil Society, Freedom of Association, LGBTI Rights

Regions:

Americas

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Viviana Giacaman

Director for Latin America Programs

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Americas

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Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

Issues:

Human Rights Defense, United Nations

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