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Attacks | Freedom Of Assembly | Impunity |

Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

February 20, 2020February 26, 2020
Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on…
Attacks |

Mauritania Continues Crackdown on Anti-Slavery Journalism and Activism

April 5, 2018
This statement was originally published on www.mfwa.org on April 5, 2018. The authorities in Mauritania have detained and expelled a…
Attacks | Impunity |

Stakeholders to Prioritise Safety of Journalists and Issues of Impunity in Africa

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017
Communiqué A one-day Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity was held in Juba, South…
Attacks | Impunity |

Freedom of Expression in Africa: 183 Killed by Security Agents in 3 Protests

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017
A total of 183 deaths were recorded from July to December 2016 following clashes between protestors and security agents in…
Attacks | Censorship |

Mauritania: 13 Anti-Slavery Activists Jailed

August 25, 2016November 3, 2016
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on August 25, 2016 Thirteen anti-slavery activists in Mauritania have been sentenced to…
Censorship |

Mauritania: Authorities ban Media from Covering Arab League Summit

August 2, 2016November 3, 2016
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on August 1, 2016. The authorities in Mauritania barred about twelve journalists from…
Attacks |

Mauritania: Journalist Jailed Three Years for Throwing Shoe at State Official

July 20, 2016November 3, 2016
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org, on July 18, 2016. A Magistrate’s Court in Nouakchott, Mauritania has sentenced a…
Attacks | Censorship |

Mauritania: State Broadcaster Dismisses Newscaster for Mispronouncing First Lady’s Name

June 1, 2016June 28, 2016
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on May 31, 2016. On May 26, 2016, a Mauritanian journalist was summarily…

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Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

February 20, 2020

Mauritania Continues Crackdown on Anti-Slavery Journalism and Activism

April 5, 2018

Stakeholders to Prioritise Safety of Journalists and Issues of Impunity in Africa

December 29, 2017

Freedom of Expression in Africa: 183 Killed by Security Agents in 3 Protests

March 21, 2017
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GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation

February 17, 2021
The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed…

World Radio Day 2021: MFWA Applauds the Resilience, Versatility of Radio in the Face of COVID-19

February 13, 2021
The theme for this year’s World Radio Day – New World, New Radio – highlights and celebrates the significance and…

How Liberia’s Coronavirus Misinformation Spread Far More than the Virus Itself

November 12, 2020
On March 16, 2020, the first coronavirus case in Liberia was confirmed; a government official, Mr. Nathaniel Blama who traveled…

Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on...

MRA Calls on Government to Introduce and Implement Policies and Legislation that Ensure Safety of Journalists

LAGOS, Monday, December 23, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Nigerian Government to adopt and implement policies...

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