Media Rights Agenda
Lagos, Wednesday, March 22, 2017: Justice Beatrice Oke-Lawal of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Division has granted Media Rights Agenda (MRA) leave to sue the Lagos State Ministry of Health (the Ministry) for its refusal to grant access to the information requested by MRA pursuant to the Freedom …
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee Proffers Solutions to Three Identified ‘Big Threats’ to the Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web (the Web) Foundation on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the invention of the web, has proffered solutions to what he identified as the three biggest threats to the web. He said …
Read More »UNESCO Calls for Submission of Photographs on Safety of Journalists, Impunity Issues
UNESCO invites professional photographers across the globe to submit samples of their best photographs that illustrate journalists carrying out their job and in particular on the issues of the safety of journalists and impunity for crimes against them. The global body is looking for images that illustrate journalists working in …
Read More »Sir Tim Berners-Lee Proffers Solutions to Three Identified ‘Big Threats’ to the Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web (the Web) Foundation on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the invention of the web, has proffered solutions to what he identified as the three biggest threats to the web. He said …
Read More »AFEX Calls on Stakeholders to Ensure Women Journalists Practice in Safe Environment
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD), called on governments and stakeholders across the continent to work together to ensure that women journalists and media professionals carry out their work in a free and safe environment. It also urged everyone in …
Read More »OGP to Hold Open Contracting 2017 Conference in Amsterdam
The Open Government Partnership will host the Open Contracting 2017 Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherland on November 28-29, 2017. The conference will focus on a number of issues including: What’s working, what isn’t and what to do about it; How to turn data into impact on people’s lives; The best …
Read More »Lawyers, CSOs Launch African Whistleblowers’ Initiative in Senegal
Lawyers and human rights campaigners have launched the Platform for the Protection of Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) in Senegal to provide a secure means of exposing wrongdoing on the continent. It will provide guidance from legal experts, secure submission of information and a hotline for potential informants. The initiative is …
Read More »Delft University Launches Free Open Online Course on Open Government
The Delft University of Technology is launching a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Open Government through the open edX online platform. The Delft University MOOC on Open Government is open to university students, professionals, government officials, policy advisers, researchers, and anyone interested in Open Government. Delft University is …
Read More »Global Editors Network Data Journalism Awards 2017 Competition Opens
The Global Editors Network (GEN) is now accepting application for the 2017 edition of its Data Journalism Awards (DJAs) to reward outstanding work in data journalism worldwide. The competition seeks to celebrate examples of data-driven investigations, data-driven applications, and storytelling projects that use data visualisation to cover topics relevant to …
Read More »Moves to Set Standards for Regulating Free of Expresson initiated
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on Freedom of the Media, the Organization of American States (OAS) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Special …
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