June 4 marks 35 years since the Chinese Government massacred countless peaceful protesters in #Tiananmen Square. Launching a campaign of silence that continues today. On 4 June 1989, the Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Beijing, resulting in thousands of deaths. Today, China continues to erase the memory of t…

In this episode, we're focusing on the LGBTQI+ community and the limits on their right to protest around the world. Jo Glanville speaks to Rita Nketiah, a queer feminist activist in Ghana, about the tabling of a draconian private member’s bill which will introduce a five-year sentence for anyone identifying as LGBTQI+, and imposes a duty for all Gh…

In the third episode of a special series on the right to protest, we discuss the monarchy and limits on our freedom to speak out against them, looking at two very different contexts: the UK and Saudi Arabia. Jo Glanville speaks to Laura Clancy, lecturer in media at Lancaster University and author of Running the Family Firm, about the changing role …

In the second episode of our series on the right to protest, we focus on women taking to the streets to protect their rights, in both Iran and Poland. Over the past two years, there has been an alarming retreat from the defence of women’s reproductive rights. Poland introduced a near total ban on abortion in 2020. In the US, the Supreme Court overt…

In the first episode of a special series on the right to protest, Jo Glanville and Nicola Kelly speak to activists about the risks they face fighting to protect the planet, in the lead up to the United Nations conference on climate change in Egypt, COP27. We hear from Mona Seif, sister of the British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah a…

Restrictions on the rights to abortion: A global shift? What are the implications for freedom of expression following the US Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right to abortion? Does it mark a social and cultural shift beyond the United States? In this podcast, the second in a two-part series looking at the reversal of Roe v Wade in …

The United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on 24 June 2022, and with it, the right to abortion as a constitutional right. A number of states took immediate action: in South Carolina, moves are underway to make it illegal to provide information about abortion; in Texas, people are being encouraged to spy and report on anyone who offers as…

Jo Glanville speaks to Ronald Deibert, Director of Citizen Lab, on Pegasus spyware and how targeted surveillance has become the biggest threat to freedom of expression. Guests: Ron Deibert, Director, Citizen Lab This podcast was recorded on 21 June, before Apple announced it was introducing new protections against spyware and also donating towards …

Jo Glanville speaks to three experts about the government's plans to reform the Human Rights Act, asking how freedom of expression may be affected. Guests: Quinn McKew, Executive Director, ARTICLE 19 Jun Pang, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty Lizzie Greene, Group Legal Advisor, Associated Newspapers…

In the second podcast in ARTICLE 19's series 'Boundaries of Expression', journalist and editor Jo Glanville talks to Patricia Meléndez, head of civic space at ARTICLE 19, Gully Bujak, action planner at Extinction Rebellion, and Glacier Kwong, a political activist from Hong Kong about the threats to protest and how to protect a fundamental democrati…

In the first of ARTICLE 19’s podcasts exploring the limits and challenges to freedom of expression, journalist and writer Jo Glanville talks to María De Vecchi Gerli, right to truth and accountability co-ordinator for ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Satko Mujagić, a survivor of Omarska concentration camp, currently working at the European Co…