Media Rights Monitor

FOTODOC Center Accepting Entries for Documentary Photo Contest

UNESCO, WHO Launch Online Course for Journalists Covering COVID-19

Ian Parry Scholarship Invites Entries for its Youth Photojournalism Contest

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Accepting Entries for Youth Video Festival

Merck Foundation Invites Entries for 2020 “Stay At Home” Media Recognition Awards

Global Peace Photo Award Opens for Entries

GSMA Invites Entries for Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion

Newspaper Correspondent Harassed, Assaulted by Law Enforcement Agents

FG to Investigate Purveyors of Fake COVID-19 News

Groups Examine Governments’ National AI Strategies from Human Rights Perspective

Goi Peace Foundation Accepting Entries for International Essay Contest

The Sun Newspaper Petitions IGP over Harassment, Arrest of its State Correspondent

UN Special Rapporteur Announces Publication of Report on COVID-19 and Freedom of Expression

GNI Publishes Assessment Report of Member Companies, Proposes Measures to Strengthen Free Expression, Privacy in ICT Sector

Adamawa State Government Bars Journalists from Government House over COVID-19

UN Expert Warns States Against Halting Freedoms of Assembly, Association in COVID-19 Response

Whistleblowers Protection Coalition Condemns Governor’s Intimidation of Journalists

Global #KeepItOn Coalition Calls on Indian Government to Lift Internet Restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir During COVID-19 Pandemic

Nigerian Bar Association, Ebonyi State Indigenes Denounce Governor’s Ban on Journalists

ICIC Stresses Importance of Access to Information During a Global Pandemic

Local Government Chairman Plots Arrest and Detention of Newspaper Correspondent, as Editors Guild Warns Governor Against Harassing Journalists

Ebonyi State Governor Bans Two Reporters from Covering Government Functions, Threatens Others

ACHPR Calls on African Countries to Refrain from Disrupting Internet Access During COVID-19 Pandemic

ACHPR Publishes Revised Edition of Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression in Africa

IWMF Invites Applications for the Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists

IFJ Calls for Urgent Adoption of Binding International Instrument to Strengthen Press Freedom

UNESCO Issues New Policy Guidelines for Development and Promotion of Right to Information in National Frameworks

Global Network of 40 Organisations Call on Governments to Protect Encryption, Ensure Open Internet

ECOWAS Court Sets May 19 for Hearing of MRA’s Suit to Compel Nigerian Government to Investigate Unresolved Killing of 11 Journalists

MRA Calls on NBC to Comply Fully with Court Order Restraining it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations

Court Grants MRA Leave to Sue NBC for Failure to Disclose Information in 2 Cases

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Ensure Adequate Protection for Media Freedom

MDIF Ventures to Invest Another $1 Million in Young Media Companies

Centre for Journalism Innovation Announces First Ever West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference

CPJ Accuses Justice Minister of Misrepresenting its Research Report on Attacks Against Journalists

MRA Sues NBC for Failure to Grant Access to Information

MRA, IPC Call on NBC to Immediately Reverse Arbitrary Imposition of N5 Million Fine on Channels Television

Police Brutalise, Detain TV Reporter Filming Riot Incident in Oyo State

Iceland Joins Freedom Online Coalition as 37th Member

OGP Calls for Applications for Inspirational Reforms Awards

Entries Open for African Fact-Checking Awards

IGF 2023 Invites Stakeholders to Submit Session Proposals

Kenya, Spain, U.S Elected to OGP Steering Committee

PAWA, Accessible Publishers Call for Participation in Writing Project

Ms Carmen Aristegui Wins the 2023 World Press Freedom Hero Award

Photojournalist Assaulted, Arrested while Covering Protest by Aviation Unions in Lagos

Armed Officials Chase Journalists from Election Collation Centre in Adamawa State

Photojournalist Arrested for Taking Pictures During Jumat Service