Uganda: Monitor offices under police siege
UPDATE from FAIR Board members Charles Mwanguhya (Monitor Editor) and Barbara Among: “All staff were ordered out of the premises and police have sealed the head office which it says […]
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Defiant journalist tells of Zimbabwe police intimidation tactics
Journalists in Zimbabwe have never had it easy. The Mugabe regime has a history of arresting and detaining reporters it believes are guilty of crimes such as ”undermining public confidence in a […]
Police beat journalists attending court case in Mogadishu
Somali police attacked and obstructed more than a half-dozen journalists who were seeking to cover a rape trial in Mogadishu on Saturday, as authorities continue to struggle in meeting law […]
South African Police Minister says journalist was wrongfully arrested
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has admitted that the arrest of Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika was wrongful. ”This was a full-frontal assault on the freedom to report on corruption […]
Tanzanian Press freedom assaulted, it is a big shame
Press freedom is more than just a concept; it is one essential component of democracy and development; socio-economic development could be achieved rapidly in a situation where freedom of the […]
FAIR members scoop South African Newspaper Journalism Awards
FAIR members Stefan Hofstatter, Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Rob Rose, based at Sunday Times investigations, walked away with three awards for ‘Shoot to Kill: Inside a South African Police Death […]
Angola’s Police Silence the Media
LUANDA, Mar 13, 2012 (IPS) – Rights groups and activists are warning of a rapidly deteriorating political climate in Angola following a police raid on a private newspaper and a […]
