Articles by Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Army generals launch lawsuit against editor
William Tonet, editor and owner of the “Folha 8” weekly, appeared before a court on charges related to an article published in 2008.
Journalists’ organisation condemns government’s plan to bribe newspapers
According to a press release issued by SANEF, the Cabinet approved a plan that would involve bribing newspapers into publishing only the government’s view of news and affairs.
Scars of oppression run deep in the country’s media
IFEX-TMG report calls for free and independent media and a strong, democratic and open civil society.
MISA applauds registration of Media Complaints Commission
The media self-regulatory framework was set up to deal with media complaints and to build a better relationship between the media and the public.
IFEX-TMG members alarmed by resurgence of Internet censorship and arrests
IFEX-TMG calls for free speech rights of Tunisian citizens to be upheld in the run up to free elections.
Journalist beaten and arrested
Koqui Mukuta was reporting on a peaceful anti-governement demonstration when he was dragged into a police vehicle and taken away.
Thirty-eight organisations call for freedom of expression and justice in the Ampatuan massacre trials
Thirty-six IFEX members, along with Centre for Law and Democracy and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, expressed concern about the 12 April resolution of the Court of Appeals, Manila Special Division of Five, requiring Monette Salaysay and Rowena Paraan to explain why they should not be held in contempt for comments attributed to them in a “Philippine Daily Inquirer” article regarding the Ampatuan Town Massacre trials.
Thirty-four IFEX members call for murder investigations
Representatives from the international community of journalists’ organisations and press freedom defenders gathered in Lebanon for IFEX’s bi-annual conference and urged the Pakistani government and its law-enforcement and security agencies to take immediate action to implement all appropriate measures to protect media personnel and to prosecute murderers of journalists.