28 July 2004

FREEDOM HOUSE, MRA LAUNCH HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING FOR NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS


Freedom House is teaming up with Media Rights Agenda (MRA) in Nigeria to train journalists in improving coverage of human rights. The IFEX members will work together on an 18-month project to equip participants from the states of Lagos, Plateau and Rivers with tools to better inform the public and the government on key issues.

To kick-start the project, Freedom House and Mircea Toma, a Romanian media expert, are visiting Nigeria this month to meet with human rights organisations, journalists and government officials. With the assistance of MRA, Freedom House will be assessing the local media's capacity to cover human rights.

Freedom House will also open an office in Nigeria, headed by project director Dapo Olorunyomi, and conduct workshops on human rights reporting and media content monitoring. Other activities include a World Press Freedom Day panel discussion, which will be held in May 2005.

For more information, contact Dapo Olorunyomi: info@freedomhouse.org

Visit these links:
- Freedom House: http://www.freedomhouse.org
- Media Rights Agenda: http://www.internews.org/mra


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Also from the Communiqué, 28 July 2004

HAITI: PRO-ARISTIDE JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT: CPJ REPORT 28 July 2004 ETHIOPIA: IFEX MEMBERS RAISE CONCERNS OVER PRESS LAW 28 July 2004 UNITED STATES: IFEX MEMBERS URGE VISA RULE CHANGES FOR JOURNALISTS 28 July 2004 INTERNATIONAL: ARAB GROUPS LAUNCH DEMOCRACY NETWORK 28 July 2004 ISRAEL: ISRAEL/PALESTINE: JOURNALISTS PRESSURED TO TOE THE LINE 28 July 2004 OSCE TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON INTERNET MEDIA FREEDOM 28 July 2004 INTERNATIONAL: IREX Provides Grants for Independent Media 28 July 2004 INTERNATIONAL: Council of Europe Media Division Seeks Input on Future Activities 28 July 2004 INTERNATIONAL: UNCA JOURNALISM AWARDS 28 July 2004

Nigeria

Extremist Islamic sect threatens to attack more media houses 2 May 2012 Offices of daily bombed 26 April 2012 Gunmen kill cameraman 17 April 2012 Magistrate orders assault and arrest of journalists 5 April 2012 Reporter threatened over coverage of Islamist sect 22 March 2012 See all alerts: Nigeria


West Africa

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Jailed opposition figure transferred to isolated cell; attorney suspended 25 May 2012 MALI: Three weeks of media freedom violations 24 May 2012 THE GAMBIA: Police chief says long-missing journalist is in the US 23 May 2012 LIBERIA: Reporter suspended from university for reporting on campus conflicts 22 May 2012 EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Opposition figure wrongly convicted 8 May 2012


 
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