Afriques en Lutte

Ethiopie : Zone 9 bloggers must be immediately and unconditionally released

ARTICLE 19 — 2014-05-20T03:31:00Z

ARTICLE 19 condemns the arrest of 6 'Zone 9' bloggers and 3 freelance journalists in Ethiopia, all of whom have been charged with working with foreign organisations that claim to be human rights activists and receiving finance to incite public violence through social media. The journalists and activists should be immediately and unconditionally released. Furthermore, we urge United States Secretary of State John Kerry, who will be visiting Ethiopia on 29 April to prompt the Ethiopian (…)

- Ethiopie / Liberté de la presse

Gambie : New report highlights draconian media laws

ARTICLE 19 — 2012-05-12T03:31:00Z

ARTICLE 19 has found significant flaws in the laws regulating the media and free speech in the Gambia, as well as persistent harassment and intimidation of journalists and human rights defenders.
"The Gambia is at odds with all its international commitments on free expression," said Fatou Jagne Senghore, ARTICLE 19 Regional Representative for West Africa.
"People need space to speak out and contribute without fear to the public debate and the media will only be able to play its critical (…)

- Gambie / Liberté de la presse

Rwanda : Supreme Court urged to overturn journalists' convictions

ARTICLE 19 — 2011-11-27T16:19:18Z

ARTICLE 19 calls on the Supreme Court of Rwanda to implement Rwanda's international legal obligations on freedom of expression and overturn the convictions of two journalists for speech-related offences.
"We urge the Supreme Court of Rwanda to recognise the legitimacy of the journalists' right to freedom of expression according to Rwanda's international and regional human rights law," said Henry Maina, Director of ARTICLE 19 Kenya and East Africa.
The two journalists, Agnès Uwimana Nkusi (…)

- Rwanda / Liberté de la presse

Ouganda : Spotlight on human rights means no more hiding

ARTICLE 19 — 2011-10-25T03:08:00Z

Uganda's human rights record will be reviewed on 11 October 2011 during the 12th Session of the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council. ARTICLE 19 urges Uganda to use this as an opportunity to review and repeal unduly restrictive freedom of expression legislation, including criminal defamation and excessively broad powers accorded to state media regulatory bodies. In addition, the issue of violence against journalists, human rights defenders and (…)

- Ouganda / Droit humain