Digital Rights and Internet Freedoms

Working Group on Data Governance Launches Data Governance Toolkit

MRA, #KeepItOn Coalition Urge Togolese Authorities to Uphold Human Rights Online, Offline During Protests

ACCENT OBERT, XNET Call for Participation in the 2025 4D European Conference on Democratic Digitalisation, Digital Rights

Glitter Meetup Invites Stakeholders to Townhall Spotlighting Power of Storytelling in Humanising Tech, Digital Rights

Digihub Africa Announces 2025 Hybrid Conference on Online Safety with Focus on Teenagers

Freedom Online Coalition Calls for Uninterrupted Internet Access, Human Rights Protection During Armed Conflicts

Paradigm Initiative Announces Date for DRIF24, Calls for Session Proposals

NGO Network Develops Online Game to Help People Bypass Internet Shutdown

Digital Rights Groups Urge Governments and Private Sector to Safeguard Privacy and Promote Strong Encryption Policies

UNESCO Issues Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms to Safeguard Free Expression, Access to Information

Ranking Digital Rights Launches Inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard

UN Secretary-General Appoints Gbenga Sesan, 9 Others to Serve on Inaugural IGF Leadership Panel

3rd Session of UN Working Group on Security and Use of ICTs Holds in New York in July

17thAnnual Internet Governance Forum to Hold as Hybrid Event

Mozilla Launches Dataset to Assess Transparency and Accountability on Network Outages

Kano Joins Six Other States in Switch Over to Digital Terrestrial Platform

IGF Calls for Nomination of Candidates for its Leadership Panel

Virtual School of Internet Governance Begins Global Accessible Course

Internet Society Nigeria Chapter Selects Co-Chairs for Working Groups

MRA, IPC Condemn Federal Government’s Twitter Ban, Threaten to Lodge Complaints Before AU, UN Bodies

Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers

MRA Calls on Niger Governor Bago to Immediately Reopen Badeggi Radio

Female Journalists Call on Federal, State Governments to Punish Perpetrators of Attacks Against Journalists

MRA’s Executive Director Calls for Regional Instrument, National Laws against SLAPPs in West Africa

UN Experts Urge UNCAC State Parties to Safeguard Civic Space

Court Says National Assembly’s Refusal to Disclose Information Requested Encourages Corruption, Financial Recklessness

Governor’s Security Aide Allegedly Harasses Journalists at Lagos Empowerment Event

Court Adjourns MRA’s Suit Against AGF Over Non-Implementation of Anti-Torture Act to October 2

Journalist Sues Ikorodu General Hospital for Withholding Information on Pelumi Onifade’s Death

Applications Open for Stigler Center’s Journalists in Residence Programme

Thomson Reuters Foundation Open Applications for Trust Conference 2025

Applications Open for Global Technology Industry Association Grants

Registration Opens for Fifth Edition of Global Disinformation Summit

Police Charge Hotelier in Kaduna with ‘Criminal Intimidation’ for Allegedly Threatening Journalist

Pulitzer Center Invites Applications for AI Accountability CoLab’s Microgrants

UNESCO Launches Course to Tackle Climate Disinformation through Media, Information Literacy

National Press Foundation, Hinrich Foundation Open Applications for Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade

Stakeholders Urge Public Institutions to Make Provisions for FOI Act Implementation in Annual Budgets

Pan-African Media Councils Summit Endorses UNESCO’s Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms

UNESCO, International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence Launch Special Journal Issue on AI, Justice, Invites Submissions

UNESCO Launches French, Spanish Editions of Indigenous Peoples, Media Brief

McGraw Center Accepting Applications for Business Journalism Fellowship

AIPS Sport Media Awards Receiving Submissions for 2025 Edition

UNESCO Launches Global Action Plan to Empower Digital Platform Users

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) was established in 1993 as an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization for the purpose of promoting and protecting the right to freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information as well as digital rights and freedoms.

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