NUSOJ Decries Intimidation of Journalists in Northern Somalia
This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on June 1, 2016. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is deeply…
Ugandan Authorities Must Stop the Clamp Down On Online Media Platforms- AFEX
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the increasing disregard for freedom of expression rights both…
West African Journalists Call For Isolation of Gambian President
Monrovia – The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has declared the Gambia as the most hostile environment for journalists in…
The 1991 Windhoek Declaration: How Far have We come?
This Statement was originally published on whk25.misa.org. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2016, the Media Institute of…
Access to Information in Africa- AFEX Urges Governments to do more
As the World marks Press Freedom Day today under the theme, “Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms: This is your…
Liberia experiencing downward trend in freedom of expression, information
This statement was originally published by the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP) on 17 March 2016. The Center…
Uganda: Seven Journalists Attacked as Police and Army look on.
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on March 7, 2016. Rowdy supporters of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)…
Issues not Insults: Language Monitoring Campaign Launched ahead of Ghana’s Elections
Issued by the MFWA on March 1, 2016. As Ghana’s 2016 elections draw closer and campaigning intensifies, political tensions are…
Media clamp down as Police Arrest Six Journalists in Ugandan suburbs
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on February 29, 2016. Uganda Police has on Monday February 29, 2016, arrested…
Uganda: Journalists Targeted for Covering Political Campaigns
Issued by the HRNJ-Uganda on February 26, 2016. Human Rights Network for Journalists–Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) is a network of human rights…
Uganda Elections: AFP Journalist pepper-sprayed by Police
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on February 22, 2016. Agence France Presse, AFP journalist, Isaac Kasamani, has been…
AFEX Marks World Radio Day
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its members across the continent join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…