News and press statements
MISA Namibia calls on citizens to refrain from sharing inappropriate, unlawful images on social media
MISA Namibia has appealed to Namibian citizens to refrain from sharing images that depict children and others in unhealthy, painful, unlawful and inappropriate situations. The media advocacy group...
New charges against Beitbridge journalist
Journalist Wellington Mukanhaire has been summoned by the State to appear in court yet again but on different charges following his February 2016 arrest in Zimbabwe’s southern border town of...
MISA mourns the passing of a dear friend, Peter Schellschmidt
It is with great sorrow that the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) learned of the passing on June 7, 2016, of Peter Schellschmidt. He died at the age of 71, after a long battle with cancer....
Namibian FOI campaigners gear up for consultations on access to information law
The Access to Information in Namibia (ACTION) Coalition today commended Namibia's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) for earnestly initiating the process of drafting both an...
AFEX condemns barbaric murder of female journalist in Somalia
The African Freedom of Expression joins the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to strongly condemn the barbaric killing of Sagal Salad Osman, a female journalist working with...
Access to Information campaigners appeal against downgrading of World Bank’s FOI Programme
The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Working Group and other civil society organisations working on freedom of information around the globe have written to World Bank President Jim...
AFEX calls on Ugandan president to safeguard free speech
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of freedom of expression organizations on the continent, has petitioned Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, calling on him to make a...
MISA Angola appeals for increased monitoring, support for free expression
(Portuguese) On May 15 2016, a General of the Angolan Armed Forces and head of the Military Intelligence and Security Service labelled Rafael Marques “the enemy of Angola” and made an ‘ominous’ call...
MISA documentary highlights free expression struggles in southern Africa
Freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of all democratic systems. Without it ideas about how to protect the common good in our societies would be impoverished. A marketplace of ideas is...