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Link to: South Sudanese radio station arbitrarily shut down by security service

South Sudanese radio station arbitrarily shut down by security service

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) to strongly condemn the arbitrary closure of Eye Radio station by the South Sudan National Security Service (NSS).

A newspaper vendor is photographed reading in Juba, South Sudan, 18 June 2012, REUTERS/Adriane Ohanesian

African free speech network calls on South Sudan’s president to reopen newspaper

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has petitioned President Salva Kiir over the closure of the country’s leading private paper, The Nation Mirror. In September, the National Security Service ordered the indefinite closure of The Nation Mirror without any explanation.

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Wikimedia

Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy

Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.

Abdiasis Mohamed Ali photographed at a workshop in Sweden/FESTU , AFEX

Radio Shabelle reporter second journalist shot and killed in Somalia this year

Reporter Abdiasis Mohammed Ali was shot on 27 September 2016, on his way to visit his uncle in Mogadishu. Ali had worked with Radio Shabelle for more than seven years and was arrested on several occasions by the police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency in connection with his work as a journalist.

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli salutes members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) in Dar es Salaam, 30 October 2015, REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

Social media users arraigned for “insulting” Tanzanian president

On 14 September 2016, five Internet users were arraigned before a Tanzanian Court on charges of insulting President John Magufuli on social media.

A family pass near Congolese riot police during a protest in Kinshasa, 19 September 2016, AP Photo/John Bompengo

Police brutality leaves over 30 dead

Live bullets rained down on protestors gathered to repudiate the postponement of DRC elections. Government officials report 32 deaths, but opposition tally tells a much grimmer story.

AFEX members attend the 4th annual general meeting held in Grahamstown, South Africa, AFEX

AFEX members reaffirm commitment to digital rights in Africa

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held its 4th Annual General Meeting in Grahamstown, South Africa, on 31 August 2016. The AGM was preceded by a two-day capacity building workshop on Digital Rights Advocacy, as a follow up to a similar workshop held in Ghana in January 2016.