This section features articles that are meant to inform readers about perspectives, issues and debates around certain topics considered relevant within the Access to Information arena, as well as highlights about all those activities and themes that matter to the ACTION Coalition network and the spaces we engage in.
ACTION Namibia Coalition Statement: Coalition condemns disproportionate actions against #ShutItAllDown protesters
The ACTION Namibia Coalition condemns the disproportionate actions used by the Namibian Police on Saturday October 10 against the #ShutItAllDown protest over the SGBV and femicide crisis in Namibia. It is clear from the video footage of the protests that the Police...
ACTION Namibia Member Statement: ‘Let the people raise their voices without fear’ – Legal Assistance Centre
The Legal Assistance Centre as a public interest law firm respects the need for the police to maintain law and order. What the Legal Assistance Centre does NOT CONDONE is the heavy handed response to the protestors against SGBV that has rocked our capital in the last...
ACTION Namibia Member Statement: Editors’ Forum condemns manhandling and intimidation of journalists during #ShutItAllDown protests
The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) is greatly concerned about the physical force used by the Namibian Police’s Special Field Force against journalists who were covering the #ShutItAllDown protest marches against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The protests were...
ACTION Namibia Coalition statement on the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2020
The 2020 theme has an uplifting and emphatic ring to it as we mark International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020 against the backdrop of a world mired in crises. The global COVID-19 pandemic has come to expose and boldly underscore for us again both the...
ACTION Namibia 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...
ACTION Namibia Coalition statement on the Access to Information (ATI) Bill before the National Assembly
The ACTION Coalition welcomes the Access to Information (ATI) Bill that has been tabled in the National Assembly by Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Hon. Peya Mushelenga, in June 2020. On the whole, the ACTION Coalition considers the ATI Bill to...
