Index on Censorship, an international organisation that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression, is calling for nominations for the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. This Award recognises individuals and groups making the greatest impact in tackling censorship worldwide. The Award will be held...
The World Editors Forum (WEF) is inviting interested delegates to its 13th International Newsroom Summit (NRS14) scheduled to hold on October 13 and 14, 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Summit which is designed to help news editors improve and transform newsroom’s culture aims to also address issues on...
Access, an international human rights organization , in partnership with EngageMedia will hold the fourth edition of RightsCon conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manila, in Philippines in March, 2015.
RightsCon Southeast Asia conference will bring together representatives of civil society organisations, engineers, activists, lawyers, companies, and governments on...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) will hold its 2014 annual All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) in Katsina, on August 21 to 31, 2014. Over 300 editors from the broadcast, print and online media are expected to participate at the conference where new members and new fellows of the Guild...
Columbia University is now accepting nominations for its global freedom of expression awards taking place on March 11, 2015. The award which is referred to as the “Columbia Freedom of expression prizes” emphasizes the critical need for international norms for free speech and press as society combats various international...
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Internet Infrastructure Foundation(IIF) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida),will host the third Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF14) on Internet Freedom for Global Development, in Stockholm, Sweden on May 27and 28 2014.
The SIF was established to strengthen the dialogue...
Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of...
The undersigned media organisations, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation...