Media Rights Monitor

Nigerians Condemn Bill that Prescribes Death Penalty for Hate Speech

African Commission Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, 14 Other Special Mechanism by 6 Months

PPDC, MRA Urge Federal Government to Ensure Full Implementation of Open Contracting in Nigeria

Varsity Student Expelled for Alleged Defamation of Character Debunks Allegation

Bill to Regulate Social Media Passes First Reading in Senate

AFEX Condemns Killing of Congolese Journalist, Calls for Prosecution of Perpetrators

Radio Nigeria Staff, One Other Assassinated by Gunmen in Benue

CWPPF Condemns Alarming Trend of Media Censorship in Nigeria as it Commemorates International Day to End Impunity

UNESCO Calls for Nominations for 2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Minister of Information Announces Government’s Plans to ‘Sanitise’ Social Media

Gunmen Abduct Journalist, Demand Ransom for His Release

ACHPR and OHCHR Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Ongoing Collaboration

Alliance for Affordable Internet Releases 2019 Internet Affordability Report

ACHPR Special Rapporteur Advocates Establishment of Programmes to Support Universal Internet Access

Impunity Persists as Majority of Journalist Murders Occurred in Democracies

UNESCO Supports African Annual Judicial Dialogue

Applications Invited for 8th Annual New York Portfolio Review

Nigerian Government Constitutes Committee to Tackle Fake News

CPJ Ranks Nigeria 12th World Worst Country for Impunity for Murder of Journalists

Clerk of Senate Committee Chases Journalists out of Budget Defence Session

Winners Emerge in the Fourth Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Award

MRA’s Executive Director Canvasses Adoption of Countervailing Measures to Address Shrinking Civic Space in West Africa

Photojournalist Assaulted by VP’s Security Aides

Editor Arrested and Detained over Alleged Defamatory Publication

Safer-Media Initiative’s Survey Shows Residents Unsatisfied with Media Coverage of Local Issues in Abuja

Eighth International Conference on Communications and Media Studies Now Accepting Proposals

Presidents of 3 UN Bodies Issue First Joint Statement on Safety of Journalism

New York City to Host 2022 IPI World Congress

Publisher Arrested, Detained Incommunicado for Four Days

Centre for Development Reporting Trains Journalists on Private Sector Investigation, Inducts Five into Newsroom Freelance Reporting

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

Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals Begins Training for Media Entrepreneurs

Judge Orders Detention of Journalists, Deletion of Press Photographs

EFCC Arrests, Charges Governor’s Aide to Court Over Facebook Post

Policeman Arrests Newspaper Editor for Filming Protest

BON Announces Maiden Edition of ‘The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards’, Unveils Logo

Court Rules NBC Lacks Power to Prohibit Exclusivity on Privately Acquired Intellectual Property Rights in Programme Contents

MRA Rejects Government’s Attempt to Regulate Social Media ‘Through the Back Door’

MRA Accuses Federal Government of Encouraging Attacks Against Journalists by Failing to Act

Football Fans Attack Journalists at Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan

Police Shoot, Injure Journalist Covering Students’ Protest in Osogbo

Armed Men Invade Radio Station in Anambra State, Injure Staff

Reporter Assaulted by Policemen in Oyo State while Covering Political Party Primaries

Radio Station Manager in Oyo State Arrested Over Continued Broadcast of Murder Trial, Accused of Cyberbullying

Ignorance of FOI Law Impedes Enjoyment of Right to Information, Says Liberia’s President George Weah

Policemen Attack BBC Journalist Covering IPOB Sit-at-Home Order

Nigeria to Host UNESCO’s 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy Week

Journalists Covering Primaries by Splinter Party Group Arrested, Detained

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