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ACTION Coalition Statement: Zimbabwe … African Lives Matter Too
ACTION Coalition calls on the President of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, as well as other SADC heads of State and the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat to act in the interests of human rights in Zimbabwe. As a coalition of Namibian human...
#PressFreedomMatters
This blog was first published in the #FESAfricaCoronaBrief and blog series titled: “Disrupted: How COVID-19 is affecting societies across Africa” will investigate how African countries, governments and societies are responding to the pandemic. Zoé Titus,...
Ripe for surveillance abuse – Unpacking Namibia’s SIM card registration limbo
BY FREDERICO LINKS - Namibia is one of the last hold-outs on the African continent when it comes to mandatory SIM card registration, but indications are the country is now moving to officially operationalise such a system, even as the relevant sections of the...
Constitutionalism on the line with arrival of Namibia’s flag moment
BY FREDERICO LINKS - Unable to grasp the significance of the moment, authorities appear awfully close to trampling on the right to freedom of expression Turn on the television or computer to any protest or just Google any of the recent headline making protests...
The case for formalised ATI is now more pressing than ever
BY FREDERICO LINKS - Glaring information gaps marked the closing out of the last year and decade, underscoring the escalating need for greater information freedom. By the end of 2019 it had been highlighted and hammered again why access to information was such an...
‘ATI bill will be tabled in parliament during 2019’ – Geingob
BY FREDERICO LINKS - We’ve all heard it now, haven’t we. President Hage Geingob, in his 2019 State of the Nation (SONA) address, in the National Assembly on the afternoon of Wednesday, 17 April 2019, said that an ATI bill will be tabled in parliament this year. In...
