This section features public statements made by the ACTION Coalition. These statements are intended to inform readers about the ACTION Coalition’s concerns or position on issues and debates relevant to access to information, internet governance or broader human rights issues.
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...
