Civil Society deeply concerned about roll back in democratic freedoms in South Africa
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 12 August, 2010 - 12:04
12 August 2010.
press freedom
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 12 August, 2010 - 12:04
Journalists under horror and constant arrests as well as reside in hands of press freedom predators
Submitted by Daud Abdi on 18 March, 2010 - 03:32
Journalists under horror and constant arrests and reside in hands of press freedom predators
The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) steadfastly condemned the arrest of the vulnerable journalis
SOJRA calls for probe in killings of Somali Journalists
Submitted by Daud Abdi on 12 January, 2009 - 11:49
SOJRA calls for probe in killings of Somali Journalists Curious Reports scheduled 2007 and 2008 Monday-2009-01-12
Nigerian bloggers fight for free speech
Submitted by Mary Joyce on 29 October, 2008 - 17:15
Online citizen journalism has become the new frontier for activists to get the word out about government corruption, much to the dismay of some politicians. Nigerian-American blogger Jonathan Elendu was taken into custody upon arrival last week in the Nigerian capital of Abuja by the secret service.
Nigerian blogger arrested
Submitted by Sokari Ekine on 23 October, 2008 - 14:23
Nigerian blogger, Jonathan Elendu has been arrested by Nigeria's internal intelligence unit the State Security Service.
There is a history of arrest, harassment and even murder of journalists who are critical of the govement. One would have hoped and expected that a democatic Nigeria would be more open to citicism and freedom of the press but clarly this is not so.
Somali press freedom on Facebook
Submitted by Mary Joyce on 1 October, 2008 - 17:41
Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to work as a journalist. According to reports, the Somali press is targeted by hired killers and face discrimination from transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed’s administration. Press freedom group Reporters without Borders’ 2008 annual report shows that journalists are under siege. “Eight dead, four injured, some 50 journalists in exile, and others holed up at home after abandoning their work in fear. To this terrible toll, must be added 53 journalists arrested while doing their job either in southern Somalia, where the capital Mogadishu is sited, in semi-autonomous Puntland in the north or in the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland in the north-west.” But now Somali journalists are fighting back online.
The Somali Journalists Rights Agency (SOJRA) recent started a Facebook group to update press freedom supporters worldwide about what they say are abuses against reporters in its country. So far the organization has posted its press releases and are encouraging supporters to spread the world about their cause.
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