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DRC: Provincial Governor Summoned for Torture and Injury Against Journalists

Following a legal action initiated by Journalist in Danger (JED) through a Law Firm of Lodja, the Governor of the province of Sankuru (Center...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Condemns Two Serious Cases of Media Attacks by Provincial Governor

Journalists en Danger (JED) expresses its deep concern about situation currently prevailing in the province of Sankuru (central DR Congo) where the new Provincial...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Condemns Police raid on Media Outlet and Brutal Arrest of Two Journalists

Journalist en Danger (JED) expresses its total disapproval of the attack by elements of the Congolese national police on the premises of Radio Communautaire...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Calls on Union of Journalists to Lift Ban on Political Broadcasts Immediately

In a letter dated February 24, 2020 and addressed to Mr. Adheli Kabasubabo, President of the Union national de la Presse du Congo (UNPC), Kasaï-Central...
Democratic Republic Of CongoUganda 

AFIC presents the Shadow Report on the Status of Implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005 in Uganda.

This statement was originally published on africafoicentre.org.   AFIC presents The Shadow Report on the Status of Implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005...
Democratic Republic Of CongoSouth SudanUganda 

Building Digital Literacy and Security Capacity of Women Refugees in Uganda

This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on December 9, 2019. By Ashnah Kalemera | Statistics on the prevalence of cyber harassment of women in Africa remain...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

AFEX Calls on Congolese Authorities to Investigate Killing of Journalist and Prosecute Perpetrators

Accra, Ghana, 6 November 2019: The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) today condemned the brutal murder of Congolese journalist, Papy Mahamba Mumbere...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

AFEX Joins Its Member, JED to Urge New Congolese Government to Prioritise Safety of Journalists in DRC

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has joined Journaliste en Danger (JED), its member organisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo to call...
ChadDemocratic Republic Of CongoSomalia 

AFEX FOE Situation in Africa Report – January to March 2019

A total of 77 violations were recorded in 21 countries with security agents being responsible for 40 of the said violations in the January...
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AFEX Denounces Increasing Attacks on Journalists in Africa, Calls for an End to Impunity for Such Crimes

Resolution of the Seventh General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held in Berlin, Germany, on April 7, 2019. The Seventh General...
Democratic Republic Of CongoMozambiqueSudanZambiaZimbabwe 

Governments Increasingly Penalising Critical Journalism in Africa

The right to freedom of expression and access to information is enshrined in the national constitutions of several African countries who are also signatories...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

AFEX Condemns Imprisonment of Journalist in DRC for “Insulting” Governor

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Journaliste en Danger (JED) denounce the sentencing...