Media Foundation For West Africa

The Gambia – 1994 - 2006 -

Violations of Press Freedom by the Government of President Yahya Jammeh from 1994-2006

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Right to Information in West Africa -

Legislation on Media, Speech and Expression in Ghana- A SOURCE BOOK - A resource publication

Exile News -

A monthly newsletter of exiled Liberian journalists in Ghana

The Face and Phases of the Ghana Police - A research publication on human rights and reforms in the Ghana Police Service

Liberia: Human Rights Violations 1997-2002 - Highlights cases of human rights abuses during Taylor’s rule

Where has Aid taken Africa? Re-Thinking Development - Published from discussions and papers presented at a Round-Table Conference on ‘A New African Development Agenda’

Politics in the Airwaves - Research on how radio covered the 2000 General Elections in Ghana

African Languages and Freedom of Expression - Published from a paper presented at a Forum on Free Expression in Ghana

Freedom of Information and Civil Service Reform in Ghana - Published from a paper presented at a Forum on Free Expression in Ghana

The State is a Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Gambia ALERT: “Pardon” for six journalists jailed for “defaming” President Jammeh

Press Statement: ECOWAS Court dismisses Gambian government objection

Gambia ALERT: NIA detains Foroyaa newspaper publisher

Gambia UPDATE: Detained Gambian journalists charged

MFWA correspondents meet in Accra

PAN-Africa Human Rights Conference

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Ghana ALERT: Newspaper reporter attacked

February 5, 2010 Jos Garneo Cephas, a reporter with Daily Guide, a privately-owned Accra-based newspaper was on January 22, 2010 reportedly assaulted at a magistrate court in Accra for photographing five military personnel standing trial for murder.
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Ghana ALERT: Newspaper wins defamation case

February 1, 2010

An Accra High Court on January 28, 2010 dismissed a four year-old defamation suit brought against “Akosua”, a cartoonist of the privately-owned Accra-based Daily Guide newspaper.

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The State is a Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

December 2, 2009

OPINION No. 14/2009 (REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA)

Communication addressed to the Government on 28 May 2009.

Concerning: Chief Ebrima Manneh.

The State is a Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

1. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 of the former Commission on Human Rights. Its mandate was clarified and extended by Commission’s resolution 1997/50. The Human Rights Council assumed the Working Group’s mandate by its decision 2006/102 and extended it for a further three-year period by resolution 6/4 of 28 September 2007. Acting in accordance with its methods of work, the Working Group forwarded the above-mentioned communication to the Government.