Media Rights Monitor

UNESCO Calls for Proposals on Photographs Illustration

Ondo State Government Appeals to Supreme Court Over Applicability of FOI Act to States

IWMF Calls for Entries for Grants for Women’s Stories

Online News Association Seeks Applications for Journalism 360° Challenge

Applications Open for Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellowship

Fifth Global Congress on Intellectual Property Holds Washington DC

PEN/Jean Stein Announce Grant for Literary Oral History

Gambian Government Pays Court-Awarded Compensation to Families of Two Slain Journalists

Freedom Online Coalition Expresses Concern Over Growing Internet Censorship

Communication Scholars Hold Fifth Annual Conference

Kaduna High Court Adjourns Trial of Journalist Luka Binniyat

PEN America Calls for Application for its 2019 PEN/HEIM Translation Fund Grants

AFEX Petitions Somaliland on Press Freedom Crackdown

Reference Group Constituted to Oversee Revision of Declaration on Freedom of Expression Principles in Africa

IPC Lagos Trains Monitors for Media Coverage of the Electoral Processes and the 2019 Elections

Delta, Gombe, 6 Other States to Switch Over to Digital TV Broadcasting in 2018, Says NBC

Free Expression Special Rapporteurs Release 2018 Joint Declaration

Applications Now Open for 2018 ITM’s Journalist -In-Residence Programme

MFWA Calls for Entries for Second Edition of Regional Media Awards

Accra Declaration Emerges from 2018 WPFD Celebrations

NUJ Confers ‘Defender of Press Freedom Award’ on MRA’s Executive Director

MRA Submits Shadow Report to Nigeria’s Country Report to the ACHPR

Participants at International Conference Issue Declaration to Advance Women’s Right of Access to Information

IFJ Urges Governments to Endorse Proposal on Safety of Journalists, Other Media Professionals

AFEX Calls on African Governments to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Condemns Ban on Twitter, Facebook

Denmark Supports UNESCO’s Work on Safety of Journalists in Africa and the Arab Region

WikiTimes Publisher, Family Threatened after Dogara’s Constituency Project Story

UN Special Rapporteur Criticizes Measures by Countries to Check Disinformation for Violating Human Rights

WikiTimes Publisher Petitions IGP over Threat to His Life

Diplomatic Missions Condemn Nigerian Government Ban of Twitter, Proposed Social Media Registration

MDPI Invites Submissions for Special Issue on ‘Implementing Sustainable Development Goals with Digital Government’

Thomson Foundation Invites Entries for the Young Journalist Award

Islamic Cleric Arrested, Charged with Alleged Blasphemy

Fesmedia Publishes Handbook on ICT Policy Development in Africa

Nigerian Media Organisations Take Joint Stand Against Attempts to Gag the Press

MRA Condemns Growing Trend of Incitement to Murder, Calls for Decisive Government Action

AFEX Calls on African Governments to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Respect Digital Rights

MRA Condemns Accreditation of Media Houses by DSS to Cover Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial

MRA Condemns Growing Trend of Incitement to Murder, Calls for Decisive Government Action

Ending Attack against Journalists and Media Workers

ECOWAS Court Consolidates 4 Suits Against Nigerian Government Over Twitter Ban, Extends Interim Order

ECOWAS Court Adjourns MRA’s Suit Against Federal Government Over Twitter Ban to July 9

Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Media Rights Agenda Commend Gambia’s National Assembly for Passing Access to Information Bill into Law

AFEX Calls on African Governments to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Respect Digital Rights

CWPPF Condemns Suspension of Twitter Operations in Nigeria, Implores Government to Retrace its Steps

MRA, Others Vow to Keep on Tweeting

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

Federal Government Announces Suspension of Twitter Operations, Orders NBC to License Social Media Platforms in Nigeria