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ACTION/EFN Statement: EFN expresses concern about freedom to report

by | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Press Statement

The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) takes exception to the ever-increasing Government practice of allowing only State-owned media institutions to certain public engagements, especially since the declaration of the State of Emergency. The EFN would like to state...

ACTION/NMT Statement: Hands off (women) journalists!

by | Jun 3, 2020 | News, Press Statement

The Namibia Media Trust (NMT) is appalled by recurring incidences in which public officials try to prevent media houses from covering important events and issues of national concern. We are opposed to the use of Covid-19 regulations to infringe on the rights of...

ACTION/ARASA Statement: Condemning Human Rights Violations and Transphobia in Namibia

by | May 6, 2020 | Press Statement, Uncategorized

We, as concerned human rights defenders and civil society organisations protecting and promoting human rights in Namibia, hereby condemn the gross dehumanization, unlawful detention and torture of a transwoman on a farm near Gobabis several weeks ago, which was filmed...

Namibia Can Improve Further On Open Budget Rankings – IPPR

by | May 6, 2020 | News

NAMIBIA has improved its transparency score slightly on the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019 moving from 50 points out of 100 in 2017 to 51 in the just-released survey. A score of 61 is considered the minimum threshold to foster an informed public debate on budgets. The...

LAC publication informs citizens about their rights during a state of emergency

by | Apr 16, 2020 | News

The Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), a member of the ACTION Namibia Coalition, has published a booklet to inform citizens about their rights during a state of emergency as declared by the Namibian government in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. See this link for...

ACTION/NMT Statement: NMT says ‘no’ to shutting out media

by | Apr 1, 2020 | News, Press Statement

The Namibia Media Trust (NMT) is concerned about the increasing restrictions on media freedom and freedom of expression by governments in southern Africa under the guise of curbing the spread of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic. These measures range from...

ACTION/LAC Statement: State of Emergency (COVID-19)

by | Mar 18, 2020 | News, Press Statement

In light of the World Health Organization’s designation of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) as a global pandemic, the President of the Republic of Namibia on 17 March 2020, declared a state of (public health) emergency in Namibia. What is a State of Emergency? Article 26 of the...

Constitutionalism on the line with arrival of Namibia’s flag moment

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog

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 | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog

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...

ACTION Statement: ‘Serious access to information concerns that dogged electoral governance before, during and after the November 27 elections’

by | Dec 12, 2019 | Press Statement

Elections are highly sensitive periods in any democracy. Every effort should be made by relevant authorities and stakeholders to ensure the integrity of electoral processes and institutions, as electoral governance has an irrefutably immense impact on political and...