Press release on the suspension of the publishing licences of two newspapers.

Press release on the ongoing deterioration of press freedom in Senegal.

Press release highlighting recommended changes to South Sudanese draft media legislation.

Comment on the Draft Media Legislation in Southern Sudan.

Recommendations from the joint fact-finding mission on Kenya's media coverage of its post-election crisis.

Joint fact-finding mission report on Kenya's media coverage of the post-election violence.

Memorandum on a set of four draft laws for Sudan: a draft freedom of information law, a draft public service broadcasting law, a draft law setting up a broadcast regulator and a draft law to regulate the print media.

Comments on freedom of expression in Sudan, in the context of the consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Committee of the Third Periodic Report of Sudan on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Analysis of the draft Media Services Bill of Tanzania 2007.

Election media advisory adopted at a meeting of media owners, managers, leaders and advocates, as well as regulators hosted by Channels Television, and Media Rights Agenda (MRA).

Background paper on freedom of expression and the Nigerian elections of 2007.

Produced by the southern roundtable on freedom of expression, this statement calls for and makes a commitment to assisting and facilitating Southern Sudanese media institutions to develop a self-regulatory code of ethics and make recommendations on the establishment of an independent self-regulatory body to be put in place as soon as is practically possible.

This statement was developed at a two day colloquium facilitated by the ARTICLE 19 Africa Programme as part of an ongoing programme to encourage the adoption of self-regulating codes of conduct and organisation of colloquia regarding media coverage of elections in Africa.

Memorandum on the draft Communications Bill of Namibia, assessing the proposed legislation against international standards.

Training manual for African broadcast regulators.

Draft Broadcasting Bill for Southern Sudan presented by ARTICLE 19 in March 2006 to the southern Minister of Information, to be considered for adoption.

Draft Media Policy Framework for Southern Sudan presented by ARTICLE 19 in March 2006 to the southern Minister of Information, to be considered for adoption.

Draft Media Policy Framework for Southern Sudan presented by ARTICLE 19 in March 2006 to the southern Minister of Information, to be considered for adoption.

Draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill for Southern Sudan presented by ARTICLE 19 in March 2006 to the southern Minister of Information, to be considered for adoption.

Statement outlining ARTICLE 19's concerns at the proposal of a statutory media council in Kenya, as outlined in the Media Council of Kenya Bill.

A statement by the Civil Society’s Media Caucus at WSIS

Comments on the Liberian draft 'Law and Policy Providing for the Establishment of the National Public Broadcasting Service'.

An evaluation of the decisive role that the Sudanese media will play in informing the public about the peace agreement, and the implications of such a role.

An evaluation of the decisive role that the Sudanese media will play in informing the public about the peace agreement, and the implications of such a role (in Arabic).

On 4-7 July 2005, ARTICLE 19 facilitated a workshop in Somaliland for local broadcasting and newspaper editors aimed at developing a code of conduct for media coverage of the upcoming elections.

The present Sudanese legal regime includes legislation and practices governing the media that run counter to democratic values and fundamental freedoms. This report provides the argument for urgent institutional, legal and policy reform.

Memorandum expressing grave concern about the effect of the 2004 Press and Printed Materials Act on freedom of expression.

Briefing note analysing the draft proclamation drawn up in May 2004 and following on from analyses of two previous drafts issued in 2003.

Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 and the Open Society Institute Justice Initiative in the case challenging the constitutionality of the National Media Commission Act, 2002.

Note assessing the Information and Broadcasting Policy issued by the Office of the Prime Minister following consultation and stakeholder involvement.

Memorandum on the Malawi Communications Act of 1998, establishing the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and providing for the reconstitution of the Malawi Establishment Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).

Memorandum analysing amendments to the 1998 Press and Communications Law and the 2002 Law on Press Cards, signed into law by the Constitutional Court of Togo on 25 September 2002 (also available in French through our French publications page).

Report on new directions in policy, regulations and frameworks concerning broadcasting in Africa.

Updated briefing note evaluating the revised Proclamation Concerning Press Freedom, here entitled the

Briefing note highlighting concerns with the draft Proclamation Concerning Press Freedom.

Comments on the draft Tanzanian Media Policy for discussion by stake holders.

Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 on the licensing of journalists.

Memorandum analysing the 2001 revision of the 1999 Gambian National Media Commission Bill, which extends to both print and broadcast media.

Memorandum on The Zimbabwean Access to Information and Privacy Bill as amended.

Memorandum on the Zimbabwean Access to Information and Privacy Bill, legislation heavily regulating all aspects of media.

Amicus curiae brief submitted by ARTICLE 19 in the case of Capital Radio (Private) Limited v. The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe.

A report on the outcome of a study undertaken by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and ARTICLE 19, on the legal and institutional framework for the regulation of the electronic media and telecommunications in Nigeria.

A report that describes the union-level Constitutional and legal provisions which affect the media either on Tanzania mainland only or on both Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar

Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 on false news as a restriction on freedom of expression.

Paper discussing legal developments in southern Africa which gave new impetus to the need to reform outdated laws relating to obscenity.

Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 on false news as a restriction on freedom of expression.

Report on the Gambian government's continuing harassment of the independent media, in particular the case of the radio station Citizen FM.

This report looks at attempts to control and censor the Internet and the challenges posed to the growth of the Internet as a tool for free expression in Africa.

As the legal case which has silenced Citizen FM radio enters its seventeenth month, ARTICLE 19 reports on the Gambian government's continuing harassment of the independent media. The report also makes public concerns, first communicated in May 1999 to the Gambian government, that its draft National Communication and Information Policy (NACIP) is in danger of failing to meet The Gambia's international human rights obligations.

Report outlining the need for reforms in Malawi due to a lack of accessible communications services with the resulting effects on basic human rights and freedom of expression.

Joint report providing an agenda for reform for freedom of expression in Nigeria.