About us

Azad Tribune is a platform for bloggers, journalists and activists to discuss issues relating to freedom of expression. Azad Tribune is a project by ARTICLE 19 – an international campaign for freedom of expression worldwide.

Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 fights for all hostages of censorship, defends dissenting voices that have been muzzled, and campaigns against laws and practices that silence. We take our name from article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

ARTICLE 19 monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, campaigns, sets standards and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened.

The Iran Programme at ARTICLE 19 was established in January 2009, you can contact our team at azadtribune@article19.org.