Media Rights Monitor

Jonathan Approves Licences for Community Radio Stations

President Buhari Appoints Two Journalists as Spokesmen

Newspaper Correspondent Harassed, Detained for Taking Pictures

Groups Launch First Ever Environmental Democracy Index

Political Thugs Assault Journalist for Taking Pictures

Submission of Entries Open for Rory Peck Award

Journalismfund.eu Announces Intercontinental Working Grant Programme

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Seeks Entries

2015 Global Media Forum Holds This Month

UN Human Rights Council Establishes a Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

Groups Launch Global Campaign for Transparency of Media Ownership

IWMF Announces The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists

New Board Emerges for Anambra State Broadcasting Service

Nigeria ranks 77 in 2015 WJP Open Government Index

AMI Appoints New Members for Board of Trustees

Syrian Journalist Mazen Darwish Awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

MRA Publishes Manual on Reporting Impunity and Election

Small Grants Available to Support Campaigns and Digital Rights in Africa

UN to Host Forum on ‘Defending Artistic Expression’ in March 2015

WACMN Releases West Africa Contract Monitoring Publication

Submissions Open for 2015 Google/Knight Foundation Data Journalism Awards for Media Practitioners

Working Group Proposes New Media Strategy for the EU

CLD Makes Submission on Encryption and Anonymity in Digital Communication

UNESCO, Latvia Government Host 2015 WPFD

MRA, 49 Other CSOs Renew Call for UN and AU to Intervene to Secure the Immediate Release of Omoyele Sowore

Nigerian Customs Officers Assault Radio Reporter

Google Wins Right to be Forgotten Case Against France

MRA Hails European Court of Justice Landmark “Right to be Forgotten” Judgment

Editor Threatened for Reporting Journalist’s Ordeal

Armed Police, Army Personnel Lay Siege at Sahara Reporters, CDHR Offices

Female Journalist Assaulted, Arrested, Detained for Taking Pictures

WSCIJ Invites Entries for the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award

GIJN Launches New Guide to Citizen Investigations

CIPESA Launches Report on State of Internet Freedom in Africa

Detained Publisher Brought to Court in Handcuffs, Denied Bail

Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists Class 2020-21 Open for International Applicants

Chido Onumah Arrested, Released by DSS

Chioma Nwaodike, MRA’s Legal Officer, Selected for Atlas Corps Fellowship

MRA Accuses Code of Conduct Bureau of Self-Contradiction, Blames it for Ineffectiveness of Asset Declaration Regime

German Government to Host 14th Internet Governance Forum in November 2019

Female Journalists Assaulted, Arrested and Detained for Taking Pictures

MRA Inducts Code of Conduct Bureau into ‘Enhanced FOI Hall of Shame’ for Persistently Violating FOI Act

MRA Accuses Code of Conduct Bureau of Self-Contradiction, Blames it for Ineffectiveness of Asset Declaration Regime

MRA Inducts CCB into ‘Enhanced FOI Hall of Shame’, Pledges to Sue the Bureau for Violating the FOI Act

MRA, 49 Civil Society Organisations Renew Call for UN and AU to Intervene to Secure the Immediate Release of Omoyele Sowore

MRA Hails European Court of Justice Landmark “Right to be Forgotten” Judgment

Businessday Sues National Emergency Management Agency for Non-Compliance with FOI Act

UNESCO Invites Tenders for Global Study on Effective Measures to Tackle Online Harassment of Women Journalists