November 29

• Sudan: Security Forces in Sudan Torture High School Demonstrators [press release]

  The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemns Sudanese security forces for arresting demonstrators on 8 November, 2012. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Eskinder Nega and the Struggle for Independent Media [press release]

  Eskinder Nega, an award-winning journalist who has been imprisoned for over a year, appeared briefly in court two weeks ago to appeal the terrorism charges levied against him.... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Journalists Report Being Threatened in Bukavu [press release]

  Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should investigate threats against at least four journalists in the eastern city of Bukavu and bring the perpetrators to justice,... Read more »

• Uganda: British Producer Faces Jail Under Homophobic Law [press release]

  "Absolute freedom of speech in enshrined in the constitution. The fundamentals of the law are that you can do and say what you like as long as you don't incite public disorder and... Read more »

November 28

• Somalia: BBC Journalist Held Without Charge in Somalia [press release]

  Somali authorities must immediately release Ibrahim Mohamed Adan, a correspondent for the Somali service of the BBC, who has been held for nearly a week in Mogadishu without... Read more »

November 27

• Mozambique: District Administrator Shuts Down Radio Station [press release]

  Reports from Mozambique's capital, Maputo, say the administrator of the Macanga district, in the western province of Tete, has illegally shut down a local community radio station,... Read more »

• Kenya: Authorities Urged to Thoroughly Investigate Attack On Kenyan Activist [press release]

  The Kenyan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate a serious physical assault on Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, a prominent human rights activist, on the evening of November... Read more »

November 24

• Chad: Draft Media Law Would Sound Death Knell for Independent Press in Chad [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders believes a proposed revision of Chad's media law, which has been under discussion in N'Djamena since last month, could mean the death of the independent... Read more »

November 23

• Somalia: Journalists' Union Releases Report On Impunity [press release]

  Untamed impunity has had a great bearing on journalists and media practitioners in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said in a groundbreaking report... Read more »

• Somalia: IFJ, Nusoj Conduct Safety Training for Journalists in Somalia

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in cooperation with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today concluded a first-ever international safety training... Read more »

November 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: News Blackout As Goma Falls to Rebels in Eastern DR Congo

  Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and Journalist in Danger (JED) are deeply worried by measures taken by the M23 rebel movement with the news media after seizing Goma, the capital of... Read more »

• Djibouti: Journalist in Djibouti Freed Conditionally After Being Held More Than Three Months

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that the journalist Houssein Ahmed Farah was finally released on 18 November after being held without trial for more than three... Read more »

November 21

• Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Illegally Held for Three Days [press release]

  JED has learned that a Congolese journalist held illegally for three days has been released. Read more »

November 20

• Southern Africa: South African Minister of Police Says Journalist Was Wrongfully Arrested [press release]

  Minister of Police Nathi Mthetwa has conceded that investigative journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika was wrongfully arrested in 2010. Damages of R100,000 (approx. US $11,300) will now... Read more »

November 18

• Gambia: Gambian Journalist Reports Second Set of Death Threats [press release]

  A Gambian journalist who said he received an emailed death threat in late October now says he has been threatened verbally by a group of men who drove by his home in a... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Authorities Must Drop Terrorism Charges Against Journalist [press release]

  ARTICLE 19 calls for the Ethiopian authorities to drop all charges against Yusuf Getachew, a journalist for the publication Ye'Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs) who was charged on... Read more »

November 16

• Rwanda: Rwandan Editor Jailed for Column on Tutsi Women [press release]

  An appellate court in Rwanda should overturn the prison sentence handed to the editor of a private weekly on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ also... Read more »

November 15

• West Africa: Ecowas Commission Pledges to Ensure Compliance With Community Court Decisions

  The ECOWAS Commission has expressed its commitment to ensure that member states comply with decisions of the Community Court of Justice (ECCJ). The commitment was made by His... Read more »

• Senegal: Senegalese President Commits to Decriminalising Press Offences

  The International Press Institute welcomed reports that Senegalese President Macky Sall has committed to decriminalising press offences in the West African country. Read more »

November 14

• Eritrea: Judicial Enquiry Launched in Paris Over Jamming of Eritrean Radio Station

  Reporters Without Borders filed a complaint with the public prosecutor in Paris on 6 November 2012 accusing persons unknown of acts of piracy against Radio Erena, an Eritrean exile... Read more »

November 13

• Zimbabwe: Police Raid Civil Society Group, Arrest Employees [press release]

  The Zimbabwe government's raid on a civil society group raises fears of a broader crackdown on perceived opposition activists ahead of elections due in 2013, Human Rights Watch... Read more »

November 12

• Cameroon: Journalists Arrested for Covering Secessionist Gathering

  The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cameroonian officials to drop criminal charges against a journalist arrested last month in the southwestern town of Buea for... Read more »

November 9

• Cote d'Ivoire: Confidential Military Files Stolen in Media Office Raid [press release]

  The head office of the Ivorian media group Nord Sud Communication, publishers of the pro-government daily Nord-Sud, was burgled in the early hours of 7 November 2012. Five men in... Read more »

• Sudan: Report By Journalist Documents Freedom of Expression Violations From 2005 to 2011 [press release]

  If the flow of information and ideas in Sudan is ever to be free, Khartoum will need to change the way it treats journalists and the media, according to a new report by Sudanese... Read more »

November 8

• Africa: IFEX Launches 2012 Day to End Impunity Campaign [press release]

  IFEX, the global network defending and promoting free expression, is proud to announce the launch of International Day to End Impunity. Created by IFEX in 2011, the day is a call... Read more »