ECOWAS and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) have announced a partnership looking into enhancing democratic values, media freedom, development, human rights, and peace in West Africa.
The journalist had posted an article on her personal account on Facebook saying that it was inhumane to continue a court hearing in which an elderly person was participating for many hours.
The Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law), known for stifling freedom of expression and suppressing human rights defenders, requires immediate attention and rectification.
“The series of attacks on journalists in Guerrero and Michoacán are shocking, even in a country accustomed to violence against the press, and underscore the Mexican government’s failure to adequately protect the press” – CPJ.
Commissioner Rémy Lumbu is urging member states to develop, adopt and implement robust laws, policies and programmes for the protection of human rights defenders.
