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South Sudan  Digital Rights

AMDISS Welcomes Lifting of the Ban on Facebook and...

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Juba, 28 January 2025—The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) welcomes the lifting of the blockage of Facebook and TikTok and calls...
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Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

I-CSPJ calls for concerted efforts for the release of...

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IPC’s Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), Lagos-Nigeria is calling for a concerted effort towards the immediate release of Chairman of...
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Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police assault journalists, damage camera

A high profile police commander in Moroto District, Goerge Obia, on January 10, 2016 roughed up four journalists, damaging a video camera and confiscating...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Parliamentary Candidate’ Private Guards Mob Journalist, Confiscate Gadget.

This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 13, 2016.  A journalist working with a Masaka-based Buddu FM radio, Ali Golooba was on January...
Somalia  Attacks

2015: Another Tragic Year for Freedom of Expression in Somalia

This article was originally published by NUSOJ on January 1, 2016 The National Union of Somali Journalists on January 1, 2016 unveiled the state of...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police Quizzes, Detains Top Newspaper Editors Incommunicado over Publication of Missing Presidential Candidate Aide’s ‘Body’

This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 8, 2016  Ugandan police on January 7, 2016, detained  the Managing Editors of the Red Pepper...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Journalist assaulted while on duty

This was originally published by hrnjuganda.org on November 30, 2015. Agnes Najjuma, a Vision Group correspondent in Mpigi District was assaulted by Tumwesigye Charles, the...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police shoots, detains journalist and assaults others covering opposition politicians.

Police in Jinja district in Eastern Uganda have on October 15, 2015 shot and injured a Radio One correspondent in the area, Ivan Vincent...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Attacks

DRC: Three journalists arrested in a radio raid by agents of intelligence service.

A group of military men from information services popularly known as « Bureau 2 » interrupted, Tuesday October 13, 2015 around2:00pm, the installation of “...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Counter Terrorism Police arrest journalist

The Counter Terrorism Police, yesterday September 23, 2015 arrested a journalist from a court room in Kampala, detained him for one and a half...
Zimbabwe  Attacks

MISA Zimbabwe condemns Pres. Mugabe’s threats against the media

MISA Zimbabwe strongly condemns threats by President Robert Mugabe against the media made on 15 September 2015 while addressing guests at a luncheon hosted...
Gambia  Attacks

Gambia: Authorities revoke permission for Al Jazeera staff, threaten them with arrests

A team of Al Jazeera journalists that went to Banjul to film and report on human-interest stories have been prevented from carrying out their...
Nigeria  Attacks

MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Journalist, Calls for his Unconditional Release

LAGOS: Monday, August 31, 2015: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the arrest and continued detention of Nigeria-based Cameroonian journalist, Simon Ateba, by the...
Zimbabwe  Attacks

Zim Police Commissioner should investigate assaults of journalists

MISA-Zimbabwe Chairperson Kumbirai Mafunda has urged Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to investigate and bring to account members of his force involved in the assault of...
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