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• SABC editor-in-chief requested to undertake additional security vetting

  7 mai, par Marianna Tzabiras
  Moshoeshoe Monare, the editor-in-chief of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, informed by intelligence agent that he is required to undergo a polygraph test. The post SABC editor-in-chief requested to undertake additional security vetting appeared first on IFEX.

• Media accreditation for Togolese elections restricted, French journalist expelled

  7 mai, par Marianna Tzabiras
  French journalist Thomas Pierre Dietrich, handed a six-month suspended prison sentence, expelled from the country and banned from re-entering. The post Media accreditation for Togolese elections restricted, French journalist expelled appeared first on IFEX.

• Kenya’s Digital Health Act protective of patients’ privacy rights

  7 mai, par Marianna Tzabiras
  Kenya's recently enacted Digital Health Act provides strong safeguards of patient data, including the safe transfer of personal, identifiable health data and medical records to and from health facilities in and out of the country. The post Kenya’s Digital Health Act protective of patients’ (...)

• Arbitrary detention of Nigerien newspaper publisher serves as a warning signal

  2 mai, par Marianna Tzabiras
  Niger's press law has been completely sidelined with journalist Soumana Idrissa Maïga facing the threat of a lengthy prison sentence if convicted. The post Arbitrary detention of Nigerien newspaper publisher serves as a warning signal appeared first on IFEX.

• Burkina Faso suspends several media outlets

  2 mai, par Marianna Tzabiras
  Foreign media outlets accused of tarnishing the image of the Burkinabè army for their amplification of a Human Rights Watch report on atrocities by the militia against communities in the north and north-east. The post Burkina Faso suspends several media outlets appeared first on IFEX.