Media Rights Agenda
Windhoek, Namibia, 26 September 2014: As information activists around the world celebrate the right to information on 28 September, the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) has reiterated its call to UNESCO and the African Union (AU) to formally recognize 28 September as International Right to Information Day to …
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MRA Calls on SSS to Charge Tega Oghenedoro to Court or Release Him
LAGOS: Wednesday, September 24, 2014: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the State Security Service (SSS) and the Niger State government to immediately charge Tega Oghenedoro, the journalist arrested for allegedly demanding N50 Million bribe, to a court of competent jurisdiction, if they have actionable evidence against him In a …
Read More »Press Statement: Stop Impunity Campaign Commends Lagos State Government Over Inquiry Into July 4 Rampage by Soldiers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lagos, Monday, September 15, 2014: The Stop Impunity Nigeria (SIN) Campaign today commended the Lagos State Government for setting up a Tribunal of Inquiry into the road traffic accident in which a soldier was killed in the Palm Grove area of Lagos on July 4, 2014 and …
Read More »African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms for Launch at 2014 IGF
The African Declaration Drafter’s Group is pleased to present the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms which will be released onSeptember 4 at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey, and onSeptember 8 at Highway Africa Conference in Grahamstown, South Africa. The development of the African Declaration on Internet Rights …
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