PEN SA Africa Pulse #3:
PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. One of the SABC 8 journalists shot in the face with a pellet gun Suna Venter,...
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PEN SA Submission on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill
The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development published the draft Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill in October 2016. PEN South Africa, under the guidance of Vice-President Raymond Louw and with carefully debated contributions...
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PEN SA Africa Pulse #2
PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. Nigeria: Police Raid Premium Times, Arrest Publisher, Journalist Policemen in plain clothes raided the head office...
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PEN SA Calls for the Release of South African Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed
PEN South Africa sent the below letter to the Syrian Embassy in Pretoria. The letter was addressed to Mr B Darwish, the Syrian Ambassador. PEN South Africa calls for the immediate release of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed. Mohamed was kidnapped in...
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PEN SA Africa Pulse #1
PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. South African photojournalist kidnapped in Syria Shiraaz Mohamed, a Johannesburg-based photojournalist, has been kidnapped in Syria....
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