PRESS RELEASE
Special Rapporteurs Warn Against Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Conflicts
At the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day International Conference in Riga, four freedom of expression rapporteurs launch their 2015 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and responses to conflict situations. Read more >PRESS RELEASE
Kenya: Authorities must investigate and prosecute journalist’s murder
We call for urgent and swift investigations into the murder of Eldoret based journalist John Kituyi. Reports indicate unknown assailants trailed Kituyi on April 30, 2015 after he closed his office in town and attacked him after alighting from a public service vehicle near his Pionner estate home.
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Senegal: Journalism and Human Rights magazine launched for World Press Freedom Day
We launched a journalism and human rights magazine, along with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, containing a number of articles written in the wake of field reports on various human rights issues.
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Kenya: Concern over harassment of civil society organisations
We are gravely concerned at the harassment and intimidation of civil society organisations by state officials, especially those that monitor security agencies’ operations. This has included the freezing of accounts, seizure of records and listing of Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) as terrorist organisations.
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Africa: Concern regarding freedom of expression in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Gambia and Burundi
We highlighted issues of concern regarding freedom of expression in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Gambia and Burundi during the 56th session of the Africa Commission of Human Rights (ACHPR).
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