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MFWA Hosts Mandela Washington Fellows from 4 Countries

Vivian Affoah
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MFWA Hosts Mandela Washington Fellows from 4 Countries
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is hosting four awardees of the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship under President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) initiative.

The Fellows, who will be hosted by the MFWA for six months, are Ms. Mirabel Nfihkela Ngong from Cameroun, Mr. Omotola Samuel Oni from Nigeria, Mr. Emile Essan Ako from Cote D’Ivoire, and Mr. Felix Dela Klutse from Ghana.

These Fellows have experiences from diverse tracks spanning youth and girls empowerment, community mobilisation, Media and Citizens’ participation in governance, gender empowerment, business and entrepreneurship.

The YALI fellowship, the flagship programme of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative was launched in 2010 to support young African leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa.

“We are pleased to be one of the few organisations on the continent to have the opportunity of hosting and working with these exceptional young Africans who have demonstrated excellence in their different fields of endeavor,” said Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the MFWA.

“As a regional organisation, it is great to host and work with people from different countries and backgrounds. We are hopeful that they will contribute to promote freedom of expression and good governance in the West Africa region, and leave with enhanced knowledge and skills for their future endeavours.”

Ms. Mirabel Ngong is hopeful of learning and contributing to the work of the MFWA. “Working with the dynamic team at MFWA is fulfilling and a platform to sharpen my advocacy, media and external communication skills as I contribute my knowledge, skills and expertise to MFWA’s work,” she said.

For his part, Mr. Oni looks forward to contributing his expertise and experience in entrepreneurship and youth engagement to advance opportunities for the youth and increase youth participation in governance processes in the region.

Below are short brief profiles of the Fellows:

Below are short brief profiles of the Fellows:
mirabelMirabel Ngong (Cameroon): Mirabel is a feminist advocate. She has reached out to more than 400 women in her native Cameroon, strengthening leadership skills and boosting the political confidence of the women. She also used radio drama over 7 community radio stations in the North West Region to advocate for the education of girls and teenage single mothers.
She Coordinated Youth Projects at a local NGO called the World Vision for Education and Development Cameroon (WVED) where she focused on equipping youth with leadership and business skills, promoting the education of girls and developmental priorities that address self-reliant skills.
She holds a Bachelors Degree Journalism and Media with a minor in Gender Studies; and also completed The Venture Creation Trainig with the Colombian Business school under the Creating Opportuniities for Rural Youth project. Mirabel recently completed a Civic Leadership institute at the University of Virginia, as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Oni-Omotola_NigeriaOmotola Oni (Nigeria): Omotola is the founder of Oludehin Nigeria Company, a printing, media and publishing firm he established immediately at graduation from University. He has also established business incubators in his native Nigeria. He is the Publisher of Destin and Springboard Magazines; former Editor in Chief of Bayelkopa and sits on the Editorial Board of Road Sweeper Community Newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria. He has trained and mentored over four hundred youth entrepreneurs in various sectors ranging from publishing to energy
In 2003, he was the best graduating student from the Department of History at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria.
He is an awardee of the Youth with Enterprise and Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) Presidential Program and a recipient of the National Youth Service Corps Entrepreneurship Development Project Award. At Northwestern University, Illinois, USA he completed the Business & Entrepreneurship Institute as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, where he received the Northwestern/Robert & Charlene Shaw award for excellence.
He is an alumnus of Daystar Leadership Academy, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre and the prestigious Pan Atlantic University where he obtained Advance Certificate in Leadership and Entrepreneurship respectively.
Felix-Dela-KlutseFelix Dela Klutse (Ghana):  Felix is a multi-award-winning journalist with over 13 years’ experience. He is currently the editor-in-chief and publisher of Business Day, a business and financial newspaper in Ghana and leads a youth association in Accra that works to harness the energy, talents, and potential of over 200 youth through activities and training. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and an Executive MBA from University of Ghana Business School.
He is an alumnus of journalism and executive management courses at several prestigious institutions including the International Institute for Journalism in Germany, Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in the USA, and the Institute of Commercial Management in the UK. He is passionate about job creation for the youth.
Ako-Essan Emile_Cote d’IvoireEmile Essan Ako (Cote d’Ivoire): Emile has worked for the past four years as the Managing Director of Radio Arc-en-ciel, a community radio station in the populous urban area of Abobo in Cote d’Ivoire. Under his management, Radio Arc-en-ciel became the best community radio station in Cote d’Ivoire, and in 2014 won a UNICEF competition on mother-and-child wellbeing.
As a consultant in advocacy and participatory budgeting, Ako is passionate about training and mentoring local stakeholders using results-oriented approaches. Ako holds a Master’s degree in English Linguistics, and further certification in sustainable development, advocacy and community-based development approaches.

MFWA CHALLENGES NEW NMC

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MFWA CHALLENGES NEW NMC

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) congratulates the newly constituted National Media Commission (NMC) and challenges it to be more assertive in promoting media freedoms as mandated by the 1992 Constitution.

While Ghana’s media landscape is considered generally free, there are fundamental challenges with media professionalism, independence of the state-owned media and impunity in violations against journalists in the country.

As constitutionally mandated, the NMC’s work is to promote and ensure media freedom, independence and highest journalistic standards. The MFWA believes that despite the perennial resource challenges, the Commission can effectively contribute to achieving these in collaboration with other stakeholders to ensure that the media contribute positively to Ghana’s democracy and development.

On our part, the MFWA will continue to work with the new Commission to improve the media environment in the country.

“As a Foundation committed to media freedoms, professionalism and development, the MFWA considers the NMC as one of its key stakeholders. We will thus continue to work with the new Commission to improve the media landscape in the country. We encourage others in the media fraternity to do same for our common good,” Executive Director of the MFWA, Sulemana Braimah said.

The MFWA once again congratulates all the 18 members of the new Commission. The Foundation is particularly happy about the election of veteran journalist and media freedom activist, Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, as Chairman of the new Commission.

“Having worked with him in a number of media activities, and knowing the depth of his experience and passion for media professionalism, we believe that Mr Gyan-Apenteng will contribute positively to media development and press freedom in Ghana,” Braimah added.

The MFWA is also grateful to the immediate past Chairman of the NMC, Amb. Kabral Blay-Amihere for successfully serving his term and contributing to media development in the country.

NIGER: Police arbitrarily detain 4 journalists, seize their equipment

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NIGER: Police arbitrarily detain 4 journalists, seize their equipment

 

Police in Niger on November 14, 2015, arrested and detained four journalists from two private television stations for three days without charge. The journalists’ cameras, microphones and mobile phones were also seized after their arrest.

In the first incident, Sidikou Harouna and Luc Oga, reporter and cameraman respectively of the private channel Bonferey TV, were arrested while they were covering the arrival in the country of the former Speaker of Parliament, Hama Amadou, according to MFWA’s reporter in Niger.

The report said the second incident involved the crew of another private TV station, Niger24. The crew made up of Alou Aboubacar and Abdoulaye moussa was also covering the same event.

The two sets of TV crew were released in the afternoon of Monday November 16, after three days in detention. Though no formal charges were brought against the journalists, the police have refused to release their equipment.

Hama Amadou, who is under a national arrest warrant in connection with a child trafficking scandal, has been living in exile for the past one year. His return has increased the political temperature of the country, the report said.

The correspondent said the public, particularly the media, have condemned the arrests as arbitrary and distasteful.

The MFWA joins the Nigerien public in denouncing the arrest and detention of the media professionals. The action of the police in Niger is in violation of the state’s responsibility to ensure the safety of journalists in line with the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. We urge the authorities in Niger to call the police to order and to ensure the release to the journalists of their seized equipment to enable them go back to work.

Ghana: Media threatened with defamation suits over judicial scandal publications

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A lawyer representing a group of judges implicated in a recent corruption scandal in Ghana has threatened that his clients will sue media organisations which publish the documentary video on the scandal.

The lawyer, Nii Kpakpo Addo, issued the threats on privately-owned Citi FM in Accra on November 18, 2015.

“Monday or Tuesday, you will see that we will be bringing up defamation suits that will touch on every single person that has been associated with the said petition, who has republished the defamatory material,” Addo said. “Republication of defamatory materials itself is defamation, so whether you uttered it or you republished it, you should be prepared to meet us in court.”

The MFWA correspondent reported that the video, which shows about 34 judges allegedly taking bribes to influence cases they were handling, was put together by Ghana’s investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who subsequently petitioned the president to sack the judges and judicial staff involved.

If the threat is carried out, it will affect a large section of the media, given the widespread and intensive publication and commentary on the matter in the Ghanaian media.

On September 18, another judge implicated in the scandal, Justice Paul Uuter Dery, filed a motion on notice for committal for contempt against Anas and four others including the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, for partnering Tiger Eye PI to screen the videos publicly in Accra.

Although the contempt case was dismissed, the judge successfully restrained the defendants from showing the video in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city.

The MFWA call on the media in Ghana not to be distracted or intimidated by the threats, but to go about their duties without fear, while observing the highest professional standards.

Benin: Newspaper Suspended By Regulatory Body

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Benin: Newspaper Suspended By Regulatory Body

The Beninois media regulatory body, Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC) has suspended a private daily, Le Matinal for publishing articles described by the commission president as “abusive”.

HAAC President, Adam Boni Tessi, announced the suspension on November 4, 2015.  The MFWA correspondent reported, however, that there has been a spirited backlash against the decision. Reports say the HAAC chief has attracted criticisms from media organizations as well as a former vice-president of the regulatory body for taking a unilateral action.

The suspension is in connection with articles published in the October 26, 27 and 28, 2015 editions of the Le Matinal newspaper, publications which the HAAC statement said had abused the head of state and a member of parliament.

Heavily criticised for taking the decision without consulting his colleague board members, Adam Boni Tessi replied that it was a “measure of containment”. He added that it was urgent because “Le Matinal is a persistent offender which the HAAC has called to order several times”.

Nevertheless, a former HAAC Vice-President, Edouard Loko, said there was nothing urgent to warrant Tessi’s recourse to emergency measures. “In the instant case, a week has passed since the publications; so I do not see the urgency that prevented the president from convening a plenary meeting and giving the newspaper’s management a public hearing before taking the decision to suspend them”, Mr Loko said.

This decision is “totally senseless”, added Frank Kpocheme, president of l’Union des Professionnels des Médias du Bénin (UPMB). In a joint communiqué dated November 4, 2015, the UPMB and the media managers’ Union, Conseil National du Patronat de la Presse et de l’Audiovisuel du Bénin (CNPA-Bénin), condemned “this strategy to mussel the press.”

The communiqué called on the HAAC stop targeting “media organisations which have chosen editorial lines that are critical of the government.”

The MFWA is concerned about the unilateral action of the HAAC president, and joins the call for the management of the suspended paper to be given a hearing.

Côte d’Ivoire: Regulatory body suspends newspapers, journalist

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Côte d’Ivoire: Regulatory body suspends newspapers, journalist

The Ivorian media regulatory body, Conseil National de la Presse (CNP) has suspended L’Intelligent d’Abidjan and Aujourd’hui newspapers, together with a journalist, following publications that the regulator deems unprofessional.

A statement issued on November 9, 2015 by the CNP said the two papers have been banned for three editions, while journalist Alafe Wakili, alias Charles Kouassi of L’Intelligent d’Abidjan, has been suspended for 30 days with his professional ID card withdrawn during the period.

The latest sanctions bring to six the number of newspapers banned, with two journalists also suspended in the past three weeks. Newspapers Le Nouveau Courrier, Le Temps, Le Patriote and L’Inter as well as journalist Cyrille Djedjed of L’Inter are among those sanctioned by the CNP.

The MFWA correspondent in Côte d’Ivoire reported that Alafe Wakili of L’Intelligent d’Abidjan published an article accusing a son-in-law of former president Laurent Gbagbo of planning a coup to destablise the country under the inspiration of an alleged prophetic revelation by an unidentified prophet.

 By offering its support to the dissemination of this prophetic vision, the reporter defaulted on his duty and “seriously implicated Mr. Stéphane Kipré,” the CNP added.

The newspaper Auhourd’hui, on the other hand, was accused of defying several cautions from the CNP and repeatedly publishing statements and press releases signed by persons falsely claiming to represent the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), party of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo. The statement said those publications are in violation of Directive No.008 of July 16, 2015 which prohibits impersonation.

“The affected media organizations and the journalist each have 30 days to appeal the decision at the administrative division of the Supreme Court,” the CNP concluded in its statement.

The MFWA reiterates its deep concern over the spate of suspensions of newspapers in Côte d’Ivoire, and calls on the CNP to reconsider its response to breaches of the professional code. We are concerned that the suspensions could lead to self-censorship. We also urge the Ivorian media to be more professional in their reportage.

Niger: Two Journalists Taken in for Questioning by the Police in Niger

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Two journalists have been taken in for questioning by the police in Niger following a defamation complaint lodged by the president of the Niger Football Federation, (Fenifoot).

Roufai Dan Doua, Editor in Chief of the “90 Minutes” newspaper, was arrested on November 4, 2015, about 9.00 A.M, and interrogated by the Criminal Investigations Department, (CID) of the Nigerien police. Reports say Zabeirou Souley, the Editor in Chief of the private weekly, « Le Nouveau Républicain», was also taken in for questioning in connection with the same issue, and later released.

MFWA’s correspondent in Niger reported that the newspapers of the two editors published accusations that the Niger football boss had embezzled money meant for national team players as match appearance fees.

In an article titled “where did the 175,000 dollars from Nigeria go?”, “90 Minutes” alleged that the head of the Niger Football Federation failed to account for the sum of 175,000 dollars paid to the federation by their Nigerian counterparts as players’ appearance fees. Nigeria invited Niger for an international friendly match on September 8, 2015 as part of preparations towards the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

The article revealed that the Ministry of Sports has flatly denied the existence of such money, while the players also confirmed that they had not received a penny.

Following the publication and the complaint lodged by the president of Fenifoot, the police swooped on the editor of “90 Minutes” and, later, of “Le Nouveau Républicain”, whose newspaper made similar allegations.

The MFWA is against all acts of intimidation against journalists. We call on the authorities in Niger, especially the police, to stop harassing the two journalists. We also demand that this issue be settled as a civil matter.

Cote d’Ivoire: Youth attack home of journalist, demands his banishment

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Cote d’Ivoire: Youth attack home of journalist, demands his banishment

A group of angry youth attacked the home of the regional correspondent of an Ivorian independent daily Soir info in Dabou, a town in southern Cote d’Ivoire. The attack, which happened on October 30, 2015, followed what the assailants described as unfair reporting. They accused the journalist of filing reports that portrayed their community as a town still in turmoil.

According to the MFWA correspondent in Cote d’Ivoire, the journalist, Koffi Kouassi Norbert who writes under the pen name Norbert N’Kaka, narrated that the youth attacked his home shortly after he was summoned by the deputy Mayor of Dabou, Sessi Soukou.

According to the journalist, the deputy mayor was himself equally unhappy about his write ups. He said soon after he appeared before the deputy Mayor, a group of young people numbering about 50 went to attack his house.

“They broke my door and went inside. All my children are traumatised. But for the intervention of a neighbour, they would have locked them in and left with the keys. They then proceeded to my fish store, locked it and threw the keys away,” the journalist told the Agence Ivoirienne de la Presse.

Reports indicate that the youth are also demanding that the journalist be banished from the town.

The MFWA condemns the incident and calls on the Ivorian authorities to investigate the matter and bring the culprits to book. We also call on the authorities to offer the journalist the necessary protection to enable him continue with his journalistic work.

World Impunity Day:LETTER FROM THE GRAVE PART II

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World Impunity Day:LETTER FROM THE GRAVE PART II

FROM:
The Union of Murdered Gambians,
Central Cemetery of Victims of the Jammeh Regime,
Banjul, The Gambia

TO:
Office of the Secretary-General,
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, U.S.A

CC:
The Economic Community of West African States
The African Union

Dear world leaders,

On July 22, 2015, which marked 21 years of Yahya Jammeh’s rule in The Gambia, we martyrs of the Gambian strongman’s reign of terror, wrote him a letter from the grave about the unresolved atrocities that have characterized his misrule of our dear nation.

We are innocent, well meaning citizens, media practitioners, students, dissenting politicians and civil society activists who have paid the ultimate price for standing up to President Jammeh’s tyranny.

Some four months after said letter, the West African King of Impunity has, as usual, snubbed our pleas with utter contempt. On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which is being marked today, 2 November 2015, we wish to renew our call. This time, we ask ECOWAS, the Africa Union, and other regional and international leaders to hold President Yahyah Jammeh to account for brutally consigning us to our graves so prematurely, and for continuing, as Human Rights Watch has described, “…to carry out unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests; to detain, and forcibly disappear people, causing hundreds to flee the tiny country.”

Our decision to direct our plea to you, leaders of the international community, is inspired by our comrade and fellow martyr, the immortal Norbert Zongo, who said “The worst of it is not the wickedness of the wicked but the silence of the good people.”

Those of us here in unmarked, makeshift graves dotted across The Gambia adhered to Norbert Zongo’s philosophy and sacrificed our lives for the sake of the oppressed. We believe it is not asking too much to entreat you to continue where we left off by demanding answers, reparations and, above all, a halt to impunity from the bloody regime in our otherwise beautiful country.

We have chosen to address our concerns to you because, having survived on tyranny and human rights abuses, the Jammeh regime cannot realistically be expected to voluntarily wean itself of what has become its life support.

As world leaders, you have sat side by side with The Gambian authorities to discuss and ratify many international treaties and charters that call on states to uphold the basic human rights of their citizens. In the face of the well-documented violations of these conventions by The Gambia, we, the fatal victims, make this solemn appeal to you to sanction the government for defaulting on its obligations under said treaties. If you fail to act, you will be seen as condoning criminality and associating with a human rights pariah.

Some of us here were fortunate to have been buried by our equally lucky relatives. But the families of others who disappeared and were not heard from again continue to be traumatized. These families need to have closure with regard to the fate of their disappeared loved ones. We, therefore, plead with you to spare a thought for us, and our grieving families, as you mark the International Day to End Impunity.

Our souls are in turmoil and we weep daily as we watch Yahyah Jammeh strut the world stage without any reprimand from you, his fellow heads of state. However, we are comforted by the fact that as mortals, president Jammeh, his henchmen and accomplices will join us here sooner or later, and we will be in a position to decide what kind of reception to accord them.

We are waiting,

The Dead

INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END IMPUNITY: Countries Must Be Committed To Safety Of Journalists

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INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END IMPUNITY: Countries Must Be Committed To Safety Of Journalists
As the world celebrates World Impunity Day today November 2, 2015, the MFWA urges countries in West Africa to be committed to safety of journalists and ensure justice for victims of free expression violations.
In 2013, the UN General Assembly passed a Resolution on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. The Resolution urged Member States to prevent violence against journalists and media workers, ensure accountability and bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against journalists and media workers. The Resolution also called on States to promote a safe and enabling environment for journalists to perform their work independently and without undue interference.
According to the MFWA’s Press Freedom Violation Monitoring Report, 100 cases of press freedom violations were recorded in 2014 alone. This included attacks and threats, arbitrary arrests, cases of censorship and punitive fines. Even before 2015 ends, the MFWA has recorded 102 press freedom violations. These violations have mainly been in the form of physical attacks, arbitrary arrests and detentions. More than 130 journalists have been victims of free expression violations.
It is regrettable that nearly all the victims of these violations are yet to receive justice as perpetrators of these violations have not been punished.
When perpetrators of free expression violations are left unpunished, it creates a culture of impunity which in turn creates a climate of injustice and insecurity resulting in a world where free expression is silenced.
As we salute the gallant efforts of journalists working under difficult conditions across West Africa, we wish to call on countries in the sub-region to renew their commitment to protecting journalists and media organisations by ensuring that violators of journalists’ rights are punished. That is the surest way to fighting impunity.

Cote d’Ivoire: Le Patriote Suspended for three publications

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The National Press Council (CNP), agreed at its ninth Special Meeting on October 27,2015 on the suspension for three publications of the paper le Patriote (close to President Alassane Ouattara).

The reason behind the action is that the paper in question published on its front page of the October 27 edition thus:  the results of the presidential elections held on October 25, 2015 with “all trends point to Ouattara being elected as President!/ KKB congratulates ADO/the  RHDP candidate has over 80% of the votes”.

The MFWA correspondent in Cote d’Ivoire reported that the CNP judged the said publication “violates the relevant provisions of the electoral code which stipulates that the Commission in charge of elections must be the first to announce provisional results after elections”.

“The provisional results were not yet announced, it is therefore incongruous and dangerous to make such a hasty declaration”, the CNP statement said.

In doing so, Le Patriote went out of its mandate and hence poses a serious threat to social peace in the ongoing process, said the Ivorian press regulatory body.

The Mayama Publishing and Production Company, publishers of the Le Patriote newspaper, therefore have 30 days beginning from date of notice to appeal to the administrative division of the Supreme Court.

The MFWA is deeply concerned about the spate of suspensions of newspapers in Cote d’Ivoire in recent times. In two weeks, four newspapers and one journalist have been suspended by the CNP over election related publications. We call on all to observe the code regulating reportage on the ongoing electoral process.

UN Body Advances Proposal For International ATI Day

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UN Body Advances Proposal For International ATI Day

The Executive Board of UNESCO Oct. 19 adopted a resolution recommending that Sept. 28 be recognized as International Access to Information Day.

The resolution next heads to the 38th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference, which will take place in Paris from Nov. 3 – 18. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The resolution was formally sponsored by the Permanent Delegations of Angola, Morocco and Nigeria to UNESCO but it was proposed by the Working Group of the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) based on the APAI Declaration adopted on Sept. 19, 2011.

The explanatory introduction for resolution begins by pointing out that “the universal right to information is essential for societies to function democratically and for the well-being of each individual.” It continues, “Freedom of information or the right to information is an integral part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression. It is established as a right in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1966, which stipulates that the fundamental right to freedom of expression encompasses the freedom “to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

The explanation says, “Despite the fundamental importance of this right in the facilitation of all other rights and the creation of a fair and equitable society, there are still countries that do not have national legislation on access to information as a specific expression of the law.” One of the resolution sponsors, Morocco, is one of those countries without a law. There are 104 countries with freedom of information laws.

“The establishment of a specific date provides a coherent message at the international level and facilitates coordination of joint initiatives on public awareness and elucidation by organizations in the coherence of a universally recognized day,” according to the explanation.

“Right to Know Day” was created in 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria, at a conference of freedom of expression advocates from 15 countries. The event also spawned the Freedom of Information Advocates Network.

The resolution explanation outlines ideas for how the celebration will take place and says, “The day will also give greater authority, visibility and acknowledgement to the issue of access to information and will make sure that it is taken more seriously by the stakeholders concerned, particularly national governments.”

“The date of 28 September is already marked by a series of activities, including conferences, workshops, marches, concerts, publications on access to information and petitions calling on governments to adopt and implement laws on access to information,” according to the explanation.

Credit: UNESCO

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