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Nigeria 

AFEX Members in Nigeria Call on the Government to...

LAGOS, September 28, 2023: Three freedom of expression and media development organizations today issued a joint call on Federal and State Governments to take...
Democratic Republic Of Congo South Sudan 

AMDISS commends the removal of problematic provisions of National...

Juba, 7th, September 2023---Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) commends members of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly for deleting Articles 54...
Uganda 

Uganda: Ruling Party Mobilisers are Remanded to Prison for Assaulting Journalists

This statement was originally published on hrnjugnada.org on August 9, 2016. Chaos broke out at Entebbe Magistrates Court on 8th August 2016 when five ruling...
Ghana 

Victory Against Impunity: Editor, Reporters Win Assault Case in Court

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on July 27, 2016. On June 27, 2016, a Human Rights Court in Ghana’s capital Accra, fined two...
Gambia 

The Gambia: 19 Persons Jailed for Demonstrating Without Permit

The statement was originally published on mfwa.org, on July 21, 2016. On July 20, 2016, a High Court in The Gambia capital Banjul, sentenced 19...

AFEX Urges Sudanese Government to End Massive Crackdown on Free Speech

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the continued wave of attacks on freedom of expression in Sudan. Series of press...

AFEX Demands Immediate Release of Detained Sudanese Students

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) demands Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to immediately release the eight students who have been...
Uganda 

Uganda: Investigate Break-ins at Human Rights Groups’ Offices

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on June 13, 2016. Pattern of Attacks Indicates Perpetrators Enjoy Impunity The Uganda Police Force (UPF) should promptly, thoroughly, and transparently...
Uganda 

AFEX Calls on Ugandan President to Safeguard Free Speech

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of freedom of expression organizations on the continent, has petitioned Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, calling...
Somalia 

Somalia: NUSOJ Launches Annual Report on State of Press Freedom

This article was originally published by NUSOJ on February 1, 2016 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has launched its annual report on State...

AFEX: How Members marked the International Day to End Impunity

On Monday November 2, 2015, member organisations of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), made up of the nine most prominent free expression...

AFEX Statement to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

AFEX Statement to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists  On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for...
Somalia 

Somalia: Minister of Information stops Impunity Day Activities: AFEX condemns act and calls for action from Government

Somalia: Minister of Information stops Impunity Day Activities: AFEX condemns act and calls for action from Government The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is...