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Kenyan Journalists to Hold Nationwide Protests
The Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) has announced plans for a nationwide Journalists protest following the abduction of journalist Macharia Gaitho...
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IPOA Goes to Court to Call for Arrest of Police Commanders
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) commissioner John Waiganjo has said that they are moving to court to seek a...
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Concerns Over Possibility of Internet Shutdown & Media Gagging in Kenya
Twenty-seven international organizations and Kenyan associations of content creators, lawyers, medical officers and human rights defenders have warned of a...
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Media Council Makes Plea to IG Koome After Police Attacked 5 Journalists
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned the arrest and attack meted on journalists who were covering Finance Bill...
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UN Takes Stance After Israel’s Decision to Shut Down Al Jazeera
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights body has strongly criticized the Israeli cabinet's unanimous decision to close Al Jazeera's operations...
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Nation Media Group Declares Stance on Maribe, Kuria Job Confusion
Nation Media Group (NMG) has found itself at the center of a storm following an assault on one of its...
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Mexico President Criticizes YouTube After Controversial Video
The President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador has strongly condemned YouTube following its decision to remove a video where...
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99 Journalists Killed in 2023 – Report
A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has revealed that 99 journalist and media practitioners were killed worldwide...
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Nation Media Confirms Arrest of Journalist Over GSU Camp Attack Story
Kenyan media house, NTV has confirmed the arrest of Kenneth Ruto, a journalist under the Nation Media Group(NMG), by the...
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DP Gachagua Urges Leaders to Join CS Kuria in Holding the Media Accountable
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged leaders to hold the media accountable for what they report, noting that no one...
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Media Should Be Allowed to Do Its Job – DP Gachagua
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said the media should be allowed to do its job. Gachagua called out Trade Cabinet Secretary...
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CS Kindiki Calls for Better Salaries for Journalists
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day called for a review of journalists pay. CS...
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MCK Criticizes Police for Preventing Media Coverage of Shakahola Tragedy
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has criticized police for blocking journalists from covering the Shakahola tragedy. The MCK, through...
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Dutch Journalist Who Critically Writes on China is Targeted in “Bizarre” Intimidation Scheme
Marije Vlaskamp, a reporter for the Volkskrant, claims that she has been the target of serious threats and harassment since...
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LSK Condemns Attack on Journalists
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has condemned police brutality towards journalists covering Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliances anti-government...
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MCK Asks Politicians to Stop Intimidating Journalists Ahead of August 9, Polls
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) on Thursday, May 19 warned politicians against what they termed as profiling and harrasment ...
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Moroccan journalist Omar Radi’s family decries ‘hardening’ of his prison conditions
Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi was transferred from a Casablanca prison to a jail further north, his father...
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