Resources

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan: “Sustainable Development and Freedom of Expression: Why Voice Matters” (A/HRC/53/25)

United Nations General Assembly

The laws were supposed to attack ‘fake news.’ Now they are jailing journalists

Kwaku Krobea Asante, Media Foundation West Africa

Understanding and Responding to Global Emerging News Threats

Courtney Radsch, Internews

How legal frameworks on disinformation help suppression in Burkina Faso and Guinea

Simone Toussi, AfricLaw

Freedom of expression and combating terrorism in Mozambique: the challenge of enacting laws in a context of conflict

Dércio Tsandzana, AfricLaw

Nigeria: Election must pave the way for better human rights protections

Article 19

Senegal: Article19 has written to the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa regarding deteriorating conditions for freedom of expression in Senegal, including the arrest and prosecution of several journalists

Article 19

Comprehensive Approach Needed to Tackle Online Disinformation in Africa and Europe, say Experts

CIPESA

Senegal: Arrest of journalist violates vital rights and freedoms

Article 19

New Law in Uganda Imposes Restrictions on Use of Internet

Rodney Muhumza, CIPESA

Kenya: Tackling misinformation is critical for electoral integrity

Article 19

“Fake News” and Multiple Regimes of “Truth” During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Lyton Ncube and Admire Mare, African Journalism Studies

Uganda: CIPESA Submits Comments on the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to Parliament

Edrine Wanyama, CIPESA

CIPESA Submits Comments on the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to Parliament

CIPESA

Kenya’s 2022 Political Sphere Overwhelmed by Disinformation

CIPESA

If blackouts don’t work, what might? Tackling fake news in West Africa

Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchin, African Arguments

Senegal: Laws to tackle ‘false news’ must meet international standards

Article 19

Yaounde International Forum on Disinformation 2022 Report

ADISI-Cameroun

Disinformation Pathways and Effects: Case Studies from Five African Countries

CIPESA

Weaponising the law: Zimbabwe’s new frontier in digital rights repression

Kudzai Chimhangwa, Advox

Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South

International Development Research Centre

Role of States in countering the negative impact of disinformation on the enjoyment and realization of human rights (A/HRC/RES/49/21)

United Nations General Assembly

Special Collection on the Case Law on Freedom of Expression: African System of Human and Peoples´ Rights

Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University

Fato ou Fake: Criar e compartilhar fake news é crime?

Gessyca Rocha, Clara Velasco and Roney Domingos, G1

Digital4Democracy Hub

African Union and European Union

COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker

International and European Centers for Not-For-Profit Law

Internet Impact Brief: Nigeria’s Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019

Venegai Mabika and Emmanuel C. Ogu, Internet Society

Unpacking “harmful content”: Disinformation

Global Partners Digital

Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Disinformation

Global Partners Digital

The EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation: First Thoughts

Global Partners Digital

2018 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (A/HRC/38/35)

United Nations General Assembly

Cameroon Using Anti-terror Law to ‘Silence Critics’

Moki Edwin Kindzeka, VOA

Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Resolution on the Right to Freedom of Information and Expression on the Internet in Africa (ACHPR/Res.362(LIX)2016)

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Resolution on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Africa – ACHPR/Res.99(XXXX)06

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights