MRA Joins 89 Other Organizations in Urging Rwandan Authorities to Investigate Death of Journalist
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and 89 other civil society organizations and press associations from around the world have urged the Rwandan Authorities to conduct an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise,...
OHCHR Seeks Stakeholder Inputs for Report on Human Rights and Digital Technical Standard-Setting
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is inviting inputs from relevant stakeholders to inform the report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the relationship...
CWPPF Condemns NBC for Fining TVC, Arise TV for Allegedly Broadcasting Hate Speech
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF), of which Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is a member, has condemned the sanctions imposed on the two television stations without due process and called on...
Radio Programme Anchor, Guest Arrested after Live Interview Broadcast
On January 18, 2023, Mr. Yakubu Haliru Jeka-Dafari, a presenter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)-owned Jewel FM Station in Gombe, the Gombe State capital, and a guest in his programme, Sheikh...
Journalist Arraigned for Alleged Defamatory Facebook Post, Granted Bail
Mr. Nengi Owei-Ilagha, a journalist in Bayelsa State, South-south Nigeria, was on January 16, 2023, arraigned at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the State capital, for allegedly posting defamatory statements on Facebook against...
APC-PCC Expels Arise TV Cameraman from Event, Accuses Him of Espionage
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) on January 13, 2023, expelled an Arise TV cameraman on allegations that he was clandestinely livestreaming Bola Tinubu’s event without authorization and that he was on...