Declaration of Table Mountain
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Declaration of Table Mountain
In country after country, the African press is crippled by a panoply of repressive measures, from the jailing and persecution of journalists to the widespread scourge of 'insult laws' and criminal defamation. WAN-IFRA’s Declaration of Table Mountain is an earnest appeal to all Africans, particularly those in power, to recognise that political and economic progress flourishes in a climate where the press is free and independent of governmental, political or economic control.
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2011-11-30 14:00The President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has become the first head of state to endorse the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for repeal of criminal defamation and 'insult' laws and for putting press freedom higher on the agenda in Africa. Read more ... -
2011-05-19 15:26“There are 153 years of experience in this room. We all know what we have to do to excel, and we are going to help each other do it,” media trainer Paula Fray told a group of 16 women media managers from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, when opening a leadership workshop within Women in News (WIN), a WAN-IFRA initiative that launched its second year in early April in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more ... -
2011-02-16 15:56Abolishing 'Insult Laws' and Criminal Defamation in Africa and Setting a Free Press Higher on the Agenda Read more ... -
2011-01-14 18:19An arsenal of pernicious legislation is at the disposal of governments the world over when it comes to suppressing independent media, but the toolbox of legal devices is seldom more complete or readily deployed than on the African continent. Read more ... -
2011-01-12 19:30Nigerien journalist and president of the Maison de la Press, Boubacar Diallo, shows how you can use presidential elections to put a free press higher on the agenda. Read more ...
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The Arab Press Network (APN) is a digital network that supports a strong independent press in the Arab world by sharing, distributing and exchanging information between newspaper publishers, editors, journalists and human rights advocates. -
In its media development work, the WAN-IFRA strategy focuses on bringing a new way of thinking into the sector. WAN-IFRA has become a key player in the field of financial independence and management capacity building, conducting groundbreaking research and developing subsequent media development policies. Mobile News for Africa, Women in News and the Vietnam Media Partnership have grown into WAN-IFRA flagship programmes that provide skills and knowledge transfer to different media markets tailored to local operational realities. These programmes are achieving some of the key WAN-IFRA strategic goals: to empower media professionals in the developing world and facilitate increased networking and effective cooperation among media enterprises, with the long-term impact of strengthening the industry as a whole. -
In countless countries, journalists, editors and publishers are physically attacked, imprisoned, censored, suspended or harassed for their work. WAN-IFRA is committed to defending freedom of expression by promoting a free and independent press around the world.
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Alison Meston
Director Press Freedom | WAN-IFRA | Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 47 42 85 06
E-Mail: alison.meston@wan-ifra.org
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On 3 May World Press Freedom Day, promote freedom of the press in Africa by publishing the Declaration of Table Mountain and other free materials such as interviews, editorials, cartoons and adverts. -
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