Digital Rights and Internet Freedoms

MRA’s Director Calls on Freedom Online Coalition to Ensure Internet Access for Everyone

Global Coalition Urges Taliban to Immediately Restore Internet Access in Afghanistan

FOC Launches Rights-Respecting Digital Public Infrastructure Principles

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

Media Rights Agenda Issues Report Highlighting Rampant Attacks on Journalists by Government Officials

When Protectors Become Predators: The State Against Freedom of Expression in Nigeria, 2025

MRA Announces Call for Entries for Goodluck Jonathan FOI Awards 2026

MRA Condemns INEC’s Exorbitant Charge for Information Request under FOI Act

Call for Entries for Dr Goodluck Jonathan Freedom of Information Awards 2026

MRA’s Director Calls on Freedom Online Coalition to Ensure Internet Access for Everyone

Lagos Journalist Lured, Arrested over Investigative Report

Police Arrest, Detain AFP Journalist Covering Protest in Abuja

Police Teargas BussinessDay Crew Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest

Call for Research Submissions on Beneficial Ownership Transparency Symposium Announced

‘Women Deliver’ Calls for Applications for 2026 Media Scholarships

OsloMet’s MEKK, Fritt Ord Foundation to Host 2025 International Conference on Safety of Journalists in Norway

Commonwealth Member States Urged to Abolish Laws that Criminalise Legitimate Expressions of Public Opinion

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship Programme Accepting Entries

UNESCO Calls on Stakeholders to Take Action to Protect Journalists

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2025 to be Commemorated on November 2

IAWRT, UNESCO’s IPDC Launch New Tool to Protect Women Journalists in Africa

Police Arrest Journalist Following Petition by Kano State Official Accused of Corruption

Global Coalition Urges Taliban to Immediately Restore Internet Access in Afghanistan

NSCDC Operatives Assault Channels TV Cameraman Covering Turbaning Ceremony

Naija News Today Publisher Arrested in Lagos for Publications, Taken to Abuja

Journalist Assaulted by Imo State Environmental Compliance Corps

DSS Arrests Two Radio Reporters Covering President Tinubu’s Visit to Plateau State

Journalist Abducted by Unknown Persons During Fellowship Programme Trip