Article 19
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, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The organisation, named after Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was registered in London in February 1987.
Its first Executive Director was Kevin Boyle: an internationally renowned human rights activist, barrister, and academic from Northern Ireland.