Media Rights Monitor

Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship Accepting Entries

UN Privacy Expert Warns Governments against Releasing Personal Data without Safeguards

Sri Lanka to Host UNESCO 2017 IDEI Seminar in December

Court Adjourns Ruling on Objection to MRA’s FOI Suit to November 16

ACHPR Invites Media Representatives to Cover 30th Anniversary Celebrations

Government of Georgia, Mukelani Dimba Take Over Global OGP Co-Chairmanship

State Revenue Service Shuts Down Radio Station over Alleged Tax Default

Nigerians Say Information is Important but Ignorant of FOI Act

Volkswagen Foundation Offers Travel Grants for Young Researchers

NCAA Responds to FOI Request after FOI Hall of Shame Induction

Application Opens for John S. Knight Journalism fellowships at Stanford University

Internet Freedom Conference 2017 to Addresses Role and Responsibilities of Internet Intermediaries

Governor Bars Two Correspondents from reporting Government House Activities

APAI Initiates Campaign for UN Endorsement of Right to Information Day

Press Centre Launches Journalists’ Internet Rights Initiative on’Right to Info’ Day

‘Kaduna State Holds the Key to the Success of the OGP at the State Level’, Says OGP Co-Chair, Edetaen Ojo

Stigler Center Launches Journalists in-Residence Programme

MRA Launches Dirty Dozen Documentary to Mark Right to Info Day

CESD to Launch Report of FOI Survey Findings in October

WSCIJ Receiving Entries for 2017 Awards

Global Networks Advise UNESCO Board on Criterion for New DG

World Press Institute Offers Journalism Fellowships To Strengthen Press Freedom

Stakeholders Mobilize Masses to Fight Corruption

Lucas Dolega Association Calls for Entries for Photojournalism Award

Government Will Take Measures to Ensure Fake News and Hate Speech Do Not Jeopardise National Security, Says Lai Mohammed

UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Publishes Report on Safety of Women Journalists

UNESCO Doubles the Amount to be Distributed Under the First Call for the Global Media Defence Fund

Heinz-Kühn-Foundation Scholarships Open

AIPS Sport Media Awards 2020 Now Open

Access Now Launches 10th Edition of RightsCon Summit Series

ADB and OGP Launch Digital Innovation Challenge for Government Accountability and Responsiveness during Covid-19

Media Rights Agenda Calls on Government to Investigate the Death of TV Reporter

Invitations Open for Participation in Second Global Conference for Media Freedom

Federal Government Insists on Policy to Regulate Social Media in Nigeria

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Establish Mechanisms to Combat Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

US Activist Group Makes FOI Request for Billions of Digital Images to US National Archives

Police Arrest and Detain Publisher Over Publication

Three Photojournalists Brutalised by Hoodlums During Protests

Police Brutalise Newspapers’ Circulation Officers in Rivers State

Newspaper Correspondent Shot During #EndSARS Protest

Applications for Membership in News Fund Open to Media Houses

MRA Condemns Attacks on the Media During #EndSARS Protests as Reprehensible

Applications Invited for the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Programme

NBC Reminds Broadcasters of Rules on Coverage of Crises

Policemen Torture, Arrest Reporters Covering #EndSARS Protests

Hoodlums Attack, Set Ablaze Newspaper, Radio and Television Houses

NBC Commends Broadcasters on Coverage of Edo State Governorship Election

National Geographic Society Launches Call for COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists