Government announces tough new media laws
The new laws have been announced despite an agreement reached with media owners in 2009.
Twenty-six IFEX members condemn brutal suicide bombing that killed three journalists
Calling on the international community to protect Somali citizens, particularly journalists, 26 IFEX members appeal for justice following the 3 December 2009 attack that killed more than 25 people, including three journalists.
Fifty-two IFEX members condemn massacre of journalists, call for justice
Condemning the problem of impunity in the Philippines, 52 IFEX members appeal for justice in the horrible massacre of a reported 28 journalists.
Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech
Forty IFEX members express solidarity with women who have been the victims of violence for exercising their free expression rights.
Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance
23 IFEX members and other organisations call for the defeat of proposed legal mechanisms and say that attempts to address racial or religious hatred should conform to standards of international law.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Museveni to lift the ban on the four radio stations and address the state of free expression
Condemning the shut-down of four radio stations and a violent crackdown on members of the press during a period recent social unrest, 31 IFEX members call on President Museveni to guard free expression rights.
Government to dispel repressive clause in media law
The proposed amendments will also get rid of provisions granting the government power to scrutinize and control content broadcast on TV and radio.
Constraints to freedom of expression highlighted in report of mission to Zimbabwe by team of African media experts
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is an abridged report by AFMF, IFJ, MISA and other organisations: Against the odds: Covering Zimbabwe in a climate of fear and physical danger Report of a Mission to Zimbabwe, 9 – 13 June 2008 1. Background A mission to examine close at hand the media in Zimbabwe was undertaken from […]
Journalist ordered to reveal source
(AFMF/IFEX) – “Standard” newspaper journalist Elizabeth Kwamboka has been ordered by a Nairobi court to appear before it to reveal the source of a story she filed under the title ”Deya Miracle Babies to be adopted by German couple.” The court ruled that journalists should be compelled to disclose the source of their stories because […]
Four Kenyan journalists arrested, detained by immigration officers while covering court proceedings
(AFMF/IFEX) – On 24 March 2006, four Kenyan journalists were arrested and detained by Tanzanian immigration officers while covering court proceedings in Moshi town. The journalists, Dominic Wabala and Fredrick Omondi of the “Nation” newspaper and Kimei arap Kimili and Michael Kinja of Citizen TV, were whisked from the Moshi district court and taken to […]
Minister queried by parliamentary committee over government role in raids on Standard Group media outlets
(AFMF/IFEX) – On 18 March 2006, the Parliamentary Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs (CAJLA) questioned Kenya’s Internal Security Minister John Michuki over the 1 March police raids on media outlets owned by the Standard Group, during which copies of the country’s second largest-selling newspaper, “The Standard”, were set on fire and the […]
Standard Group cameraman harassed by police
(AFMF/IFEX) – On 14 March 2006, Kenya Television Network (KTN) cameraman Eustace Kathurima was the latest victim of the on-going police harassment of Standard Group journalists. Kathurima said that four men who identified themselves as police officers detained him as he was on his way to his Balozi Estate house in Nairobi. After he identified […]
Canadian journalist denied entry into Kenya following deportation from Uganda
(AFMF/IFEX) – A Canadian journalist who was on 9 March 2006 deported by Ugandan authorities after his journalistic work and presence in the country was described as “a threat to security”, got a rude shock on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after Immigration officials denied him entry into the country. Blake Lambert, […]
Standard Group takes government to court over raid on its offices and printing press
(AFMF/IFEX) – The Standard Group is taking the government to court to seek damages over the attacks on its offices and printing press by hooded police officers on 1 March 2006. In a petition filed on 6 March, lawyers Chacha Odera and Jinaro Kibet, representing the Standard Group, are seeking declarations that the entry, search […]