Media Rights Monitor

OGP Postpones OpenGov Week Indefinitely Over Coronavirus Pandemic

Trusting News Host Webinar Series for Journalists

Applications for Coda Story’s Bruno Fellowship 2020 Opens for Journalists

ECOWAS Court Fixes Judgment for June 8 in Suit Over Constitutionality of Provision in Cybercrimes Act

ICFJ Knight Fellowship Opens, Calls for Proposals

GroundTruth Migration Reporting Fellowship Opens

Climate Tracker Investigative Reporting Scholarship Opens

SEJ Reporting on the Environment Open, Accepting Entries

IWMF Adelante Fellowship Opens for Applications

MRA Executive Director Asks CSOs to Fully Engage OGP Process in Nigeria

Boko Haram Islamist Sect Leader Warns Journalists, Threatens Others

FG Announces Approval of N7B to Support Nigeria’s Creative Industry

IPI Launches New Protocol to Assist Newsrooms Tackle Online Harassment

Expert Panel Launches Report on Use of Sanctions to Protect Journalists

Journalist Scales First Hurdle in N15M FOI Suit Against Unilag

FOC Issues New Joint Statement on Human Rights Impact of Cybersecurity Laws, Practices and Policies

FOC Issues Joint Statement on Human Rights Impact of Cybersecurity Laws

GNI Cautions on Domestic Cases Overriding Global Internet Jurisdiction

OGP Nigeria Inaugurates New National Steering Committee

Donors Explore New Strategies for Media Support

7th ACSPN Annual Conference Holds in September 2020

OGP Steering Committee Meets in Berlin

Journalist Arrested by Soldiers over Boko Haram Report

Poland Hosts 15th IGF in November 2020

Applications Open for 2023-2024 Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Fellowship for Journalists in sub-saharan Africa and the Middle East

MRA Condemns Attack on TV Cameraman, Calls on Police Authorities to Order the Arrest and Prosecution of the Perpetrators

Unknown Gunmen Attack Radio, TV Stations in Port Harcourt

Centers Launch Guides on Making Access to Information Requests, Appealing Denials at World Bank, IFC

MRA’s Executive Director, 8 Others Named Board Members of National Media Complaints Commission

NBC Orders Foreign Broadcasters, Internet Protocol Television in Nigeria to Register with it

PrivacyCo Calls for Research Proposals on Promoting Digital Rights Globally

Digital Rights Community Announces Location, Dates, Format of the 2023 Global Gathering

Kano Magistrate Court Orders Nigerian Police to Investigate Criminal Complaint against WikkiTtimes

Journalism Safety Research Network Seeks Applications for Co-Leads for Regional Working Groups on Journalism Safety

IWMF Invites Applications for its Emergency Fund for Women Journalists

Applications Open for Nigeria Media Innovation Programme’s Sustainability Grant

MRA Joins 89 Other Organizations in Urging Rwandan Authorities to Investigate Death of Journalist

OHCHR Seeks Stakeholder Inputs for Report on Human Rights and Digital Technical Standard-Setting

Kennedy School of Government Seeks Entries for Joan Shorenstein Center Fellowship

Submissions Are Open for the ‘Covering Climate Now’ Journalism Contest

Society of Environmental Journalists Accepting Entries

SpaceX Launches Starlink Internet Service in Nigeria

WikkiTimes Partners Forbidden Stories to Fortify Its Journalism

Buhari Bans Govt Officials from Using Private Emails for Official Purposes

UNESCO Launches Global Dialogue for Regulation of Digital Platforms

US Assumes Chairship of the FOC for 2023

IPI Hosts World Congress for Journalists in Austria

Court Fixes MRA’s Suit on Safety of Journalists against Federal Government for Hearing on April 3