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Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

IPC decries threats against journalist; condemns invasion of radio...

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For immediate release, February 3, 2025 The Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos - Nigeria is...
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Africa  Digital Rights

Amplifying the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against...

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Two and a half years after the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against...
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Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Journalists Charged with Criminal Trespass, Released on Bond

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on  February 23, 2017. Two journalists, Dean Lubowa Saava and Fidel Arinaitwe, were on 23rd February 2017, arrested...
Uganda  Free Expression and The Law

Uganda: Detained Reporter Released Without Charge

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on February 18, 2017 Police in Fort Portal has released without charge a Kabarole Research Centre (KRC) FM...
Malawi  Censorship

MISA Malawi Questions Shutdown of Times Group over Tax Default

MISA-Malawi is disturbed by news of the closure this morning of Blantyre Printing and Publishing Company (Times Group) offices by the Malawi Revenue Authority...
South Sudan  Access To Information

AFEX Welcomes Reopening of Eye Radio in South Sudan

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS), to welcome the reopening of...
Zimbabwe  Free Expression and The Law

MISA launches African Media Barometer and 2016 Transparency Assessment Report

MISA -Zimbabwe on 18 November 2016 simultaneously launched the African Media Barometer (Zimbabwe 2015) and its 2016 Transparency Assessment Report at Dema shopping centre...
Somalia  Access To Information

NUSOJ Appeals to Federal Government and Stakeholders to Ensure Safety of Journalists ahead Somalia’s Elections

South Sudan  Access To Information

AMDISS Raises Awareness on Media Laws for CSOs in South Sudan

This statement was originally published on AMDISS on October 24, 2016. “You people are very quick in responding to human rights violations” Alfred Taban tells...
Ghana  Free Expression and The Law

MFWA Continues to Monitor Hate Speech on Ghana’s Radio ahead of Elections

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has released its latest language monitoring report covering the month of September. During the month, a total...
Guinea  Attacks

MFWA Remembers Journalists, Others Killed in Guinea

This statement was originally published on www.mfwa.org on September 16, 2016. Two years ago today, amidst the ravages of Ebola in Guinea, three journalists and...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police Interrogates Two Journalists over their Work

This statement was originally published on www.hrnjuganda.org on September 15, 2016. Two journalists have been interrogated by the Crime Investigations and Intelligence Department of the...
South Sudan  Free Expression and The Law

South Sudan Update: Prominent South Sudanese Journalist Granted Bail

Prominent South Sudanese journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the Juba Monintor newspaper, Alfred Taban who was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS) has been...
Uganda  Free Expression and The Law

Uganda’s Police Leadership Should Not Blame The Media for Police Brutality

This statement was originally issued by hrnjuganda.org on July 18, 2016. Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) with great concern condemn in the strongest terms,...
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