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Uganda
Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Day 2024: HRNJ reaffirms its commitment...
KAMPALA, May 3, 2024 – The Human Rights Network For Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) stands united with the global community on this year’s World Press Freedom...
Liberia
Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Day 2024: CEMESP issues call to...
On World Press Freedom Day, the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP) released a poignant statement, echoing the sentiments of a nation grappling...
Somalia Attacks
AFEX Calls on Somali Authorities to Investigate Murder of Journalist
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in Somalia, National Union Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) urges authorities in Somalia to investigate the...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Decries Police Brutality against Protesters in DRC
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply appalled by the brutality of the Congolese police against peaceful demonstrators in the Democratic Republic...
Liberia Attacks
Liberia: Journalist Detained for Republishing Story on President of Equatorial Guinea
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on September 20, 2016.
On September 15, 2016, Festus Poquie, a journalist and editor of New Democrat, in...
Somalia Attacks
NUSOJ Urges Somali Government to Act on UN Secretary General’s Report
This statement was originally published on www.nusoj.org on 18 September, 2016.
Alarming report by the UN Secretary General shows that intimidation and reprisals against civil...
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...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police ‘summons’ journalist over a Facebook post
This statement was originally published on www.hrnjuganda.org on September 1, 2016.
Police in Moroto District, North Eastern Uganda summoned a freelance journalist, Teba Arukol, over...
Togo Attacks
Togo: Security Forces Brutally Suppress Peaceful Protest by Locals
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on August 29, 2016.
Scores of indigenes of a Togolese community protesting against the activities of a new...
Mauritania Attacks
Mauritania: 13 Anti-Slavery Activists Jailed
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on August 25, 2016
Thirteen anti-slavery activists in Mauritania have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from...
Mali Attacks
Mali: One Dead, Several Others Injured for Protesting Arrest of Radio Presenter
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on August 18, 2016.
One person is reported dead and several others injured after supporters of a popular...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Police Bar Media from Court, Brutalise Reporter
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on August 15, 2016.
Anti-riot police on duty at a court in Conakry have beaten up a journalist...
Somalia Attacks
NUSOJ Denounces Judicial Harassment of Journalists and Independent Media in Somaliland
This statement was originally published on NUSOJ on 15 August 2016.
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns concerted attempts by Somaliland authorities...