From the beginning of 2016 until yesterday at least 21 attacks against journalists in Macedonia have been registered by the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM), out of a total of several dozens within the last years. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Authorities launch campaign of reprisals against Bahraini activists ahead of UPR
Over the last week, the Bahraini government has targeted at least 32 activists, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and other members of civil society for reprisal, including criminal summons, interrogations, and travel bans. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Jammu and Kashmir state government censors 22 social media services
"The sweeping censorship of social media under the pretext of 'maintaining peace and order' will bring neither peace nor order," said Steven Butler, Asia Program coordinator at CPJ. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Disappeared: South Sudan activist Dong Samuel Luak & opposition official Aggrey Idris
Three months, 90 days, more than two thousand hours without news of Dong Samuel Luak, a well-known South Sudanese activist, and Aggrey Idris, an opposition official, who disappeared off the streets of Nairobi on January 23 and 24. Source: MEDIA FEED
Court stops media coverage of slain police officer’s investigations
Kampala, 27/April/2017, Court in Kampala has ordered journalists and media houses to refrain from publishing any news about the murder and investigations of the former Uganda Police Force Spokesperson, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The exparte interim order was granted by the High Court Civil Division Deputy Registrar, Joy Kabagye Bahinguza on…
Court Blocks Journalists From Covering Nyanzi’s Case
This statement was originally published on Daily Monitor on 26 April 2017. By Betty Ndagire High Court Judge, Elizabeth Kabanda, who is hearing the case of Makerere University academician Dr Stella Nyanzi has ordered journalists out of her chambers. Justice Kabanda on Wednesday ordered journalists out after Dr Nyanzi appeared before her for review of…
– European Parliament urged to adopt a resolution on the situation in Hungary
Organisations have called for for a strong and effective response from the European Parliament, critical of the Hungarian government's continued attack on independent institutions, including academic institutions, civil society organisations and media. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Activists Enrique Asumu & Alfredo Okenve detained in Equatorial Guinea
The police detained activists Enrique Asumu and Alfredo Okenve on April 17, 2017, and have exceeded the 72-hour period that Equatorial Guinean law permits them to detain a person without charge. Source: MEDIA FEED