Journalists want private investigations of slain/disappeared colleagues in Africa | Africa |
Dakar, Senegal - A group of journalists from the sub-region have
challeng ed the Banjul-based pan-African rights body, the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) to "carry out an
immediate and independent investigation into all pending cases of
abuses, killings and disappearances of journalists on t he continent."
The challenge was part of "declarations" made by over 25 participants, drawn fro m the West African sub-region, who recently concluded a-three-day training works h op on "An Understanding of the African Human Rights System," held at the Paradis e Suites Hotel in Gambia.
The journalists further called for "the requisition of the state parties concern ed to report any action they have taken on murder cases of journalists.
"That the African Commission should this year, 2008, declare an annual 'African Press Day,' during which certificates and awards be given for best practices, (l i ke the day Dele Giwa was murdered in Nigeria)."
It was also declared that the commission should "consider the disadvantaged and less privileged people, such as women, children and other vulnerable groups of p e rsons, who continue to suffer worst form of human rights abuses unimaginable on t he African continent."
The programme, organised by the commission's secretariat, with funding from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), dealt mainly with human rights jour n alism, focusing on the African Charter on Human and People's Rights and the work of the African Commission.
Dakar - 17/02/2008
http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/daily-news/journalists-want-private-investigations-of-slain%10disappeared-colleagues-in-africa-2008021716904/
The journalists further called for "the requisition of the state parties concern ed to report any action they have taken on murder cases of journalists.
"That the African Commission should this year, 2008, declare an annual 'African Press Day,' during which certificates and awards be given for best practices, (l i ke the day Dele Giwa was murdered in Nigeria)."
It was also declared that the commission should "consider the disadvantaged and less privileged people, such as women, children and other vulnerable groups of p e rsons, who continue to suffer worst form of human rights abuses unimaginable on t he African continent."
The programme, organised by the commission's secretariat, with funding from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), dealt mainly with human rights jour n alism, focusing on the African Charter on Human and People's Rights and the work of the African Commission.
Dakar - 17/02/2008
http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/daily-news/journalists-want-private-investigations-of-slain%10disappeared-colleagues-in-africa-2008021716904/
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