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 Statement: SADC, AU must act to reverse deteriorating human rights situation in SADC region
It is with grave concern that the members of the ACTION Coalition in Namibia have been watching what has been unfolding in the human rights space, and more especially the freedom of expression and access to information space, in the Southern Africa Development...
ACTION ALERT: Police action threatens human rights and democracy
The ACTION Coalition is deeply concerned by the violent and intimidating actions employed by Police to disperse demonstrating students on Wednesday, 8 August 2018. The students were protesting the non-payment of tertiary education fees by the Namibia students...
ACTION condemns the use of an apartheid-era law to gag the media and undermine public interest
ACTION ALERT: As many Namibians are no doubt aware by now, last week the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) attempted to get a gag order from the High Court to prevent The Patriot weekly newspaper from publishing an article related to the NCIS’s handling of...
