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Police Unlawfully Detain Freelance Journalist
This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on June 7, 2019.
Nunurai Jena a correspondent with the Voice of America’s Studio 7 was on the...
Zimbabwe
Police in Zimbabwe Detain Freelance Journalist
This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on June 7, 2019.
Nunurai Jena a correspondent with the Voice of America’s Studio 7 was on the...
Zimbabwe
MISA Zimbabwe Expresses Concern over Data Price Hike
This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on April 30, 2019.
On 30 April 2019, Econet Wireless became the latest mobile network operator to hike...
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AFEX Appeals to African Governments to Actively Promote and Defend Freedom of Expression ahead of World Press Freedom Day Celebration
In the next few days, hundreds of stakeholders across the globe will converge in Africa in the Ethiopian capital and host city of the...
Mozambique
AFEX Welcomes Release of Mozambicain Journalists, Urges authorities to Drop All Charges against Them
The African Freedom of Exprssion Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the release of two Mozambicain journalsits, Amade Abubacar and Germano Daniela Adriano who were detained for months for...
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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...
Mozambique Attacks
AFEX Joins Global Calls for Unconditional Release of Detained Mozambican Journalist
Member organisations of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) have joined several other prominent freedom of expression and press freedom advocacy organisations across...
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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...
Zambia Censorship
AFEX Calls on Zambia’s Media Regulator to Reinstate Prime Television
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) together with its member, MiSA Zambia, is dismayed at the decision of the country’s media regulatory body,...
Zambia Attacks
Critical Private TV Station under Attack from State Officials in Zambia
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) firmly condemns the recent attacks by affiliates of Zambia’s ruling, Patriotic Front (PF) party against Prime Television...
Zimbabwe Access To Information
MISA Zimbabwe Highlights the Role of the Radio in Fostering Dialogue and Tolerance on World Radio Day
This statement was originally oublished on zimbabwe.misa.org on February 13, 2019.
MISA Zimbabwe joins the world in commemorating World Radio Day. This day is celebrated...
Zimbabwe Digital Rights
High Court in Zimbabwe Annuls Internet Shutdown Directive by State Minister, Orders Restoration
This statetment was originally published on zimbabwe.misa.org on January 21, 2019.
High Court judge Justice Owen Tagu on 21 January 2019 ruled that the Minister...