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World Press Freedom Day 2023: Statement by Media Institute...
Thus, the theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day – Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all...
Nigeria
Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Day 2023: MRA Calls on Nigerian...
LAGOS, Wednesday, May 3, 2023: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to ensure adequate protection for media freedom in law and...
Uganda Impunity
Police Officer Convicted of Assaulting a Television Journalist
This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on March 10, 2017.
The Chief Magistrates Court at Buganda Road has found the former Division Police Commander...
Uganda Impunity
Uganda: Journalists Decry Lenient Sentence of Police Officer
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 10, 2017.
The Chief Magistrates Court at Buganda Road has found the former Division Police Commander...
Uganda Impunity
Uganda: Court Sets Judgment Date for Journalists’ Assault Case
This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on March 3, 2017.
Five ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party youths continued to defend themselves before the...
Gambia Impunity
Ex-NIA Officials Charged for Murder of Former Opposition Politician
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 3, 2017.
The former Director General of the feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Yankuba Badjie, and...
Nigeria Impunity
Nigeria Update: Army Seeks Reconciliation with Abused Newspaper
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 1, 2017.
The Media Foundation for West Africa has learnt with satisfaction that the spokesman for...
Liberia Impunity
Liberia: Information Minister Apologises to a Reporter He Abused
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 10, 2017.
Liberia’s Information Minister, Eugene Lenn Nagbe, who abused Mrs. Estelle Liberty Kemoh, a reporter...
Attacks
Arrests/Detentions, Physical Attacks Threaten FOE Rights in West Africa
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 30, 2017.
Arrests and detentions as well as physical attacks on journalists and media houses were...
Ghana Attacks
West Africa: Attacks by Security Personnel, Impunity for Crimes Remain Top Challenges to Free Expression Rights
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on December 8, 2016.
Constant acts of physical attacks, and arbitrary arrests and detentions of journalists and other...
Uganda Attacks
AFEX Welcomes Conviction of Prominent Politician over Assault of Female Journalist
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member, the Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) welcome the conviction of a...
Somalia Attacks
New Report Exposes Pervasive Culture of Impunity in Somalia
Somali authorities have failed to successfully prosecute 92 percent of the cases of journalists murdered, revealed a new report, “Unseating Impunity: Justice for Somali...
South Sudan Attacks
Authorities in South Sudan must Investigate Killings of Journalists
This statement was originally issued by AMDISS on October 4, 2016.
The Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS), The Union of Journalists of...
Access To Information
AFEX Members Reaffirm Commitment to Digital Rights in Africa
Introduction
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held its 4thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) in Grahamstown, South Africa, on August 31, 2016. The AGM was...