Media Freedom Monitoring

"... and this can make a significant difference, as those who violate human rights often rely on the cover of darkness. Action Alerts are the mainstay of our work for the simple reason that we have seen coordinated letter-writing campaigns help unlock prison doors, lift publication bans and even save lives."
(International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
Programme Objectives

A fundamental strategy of MISA's advocay work is to monitor violations of media freedom and the right to information and expose the violations with the aim to galvanise support from national, regional and international organisations that support and fight for media freedom. MISA's alert system has developed from a simple fax produced and distributed from the Secretariat in Windhoek to a more advanced system that in recent months has included interactive options to rally support through petitions and letters on the MISA regional website.

However, MISA has not yet achieved a fault-free monitoring system - some violations have fallen through the cracks, particularly in certain countries where MISA's presence has been weak. This is particularly true in relation to Angola Where MISA does not have a functioning chapter, and thus no monitoring mechanism in place.

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New Information

1.0 State of the media in South Africa, 2004?