[RwandaLibre] International Press Institute: Uhuru Kenyatta & Paul Kagame criticised over lack of media freedom.

 

Uhuru Kenyatta, Paul Kagame criticised over lack of media freedom

International Press Institute executive director Alison Bethel
McKenzie delivers her state of the world media address at the IPI's
43rd world congress in Cape Town, South Africa on April 13, 2014.
PHOTO | CHURCHILL OTIENO NATION MEDIA GROUP

In Summary
IPI executive director Alison Bethel said the organisation had
protested the new measures by the Kenya government and acknowledged
that local journalists had moved to the courts to fight for their
freedom

Globally, Turkey was identified as one of the worst countries for
press freedom and the world's leading jailer of journalists with 44
currently behind bars

By Churchill Otieno.
CAPE TOWN

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been named at a world congress on media
for signing into law legislation giving the State avenues to decide
what journalists report.

Similar attention was given to President Paul Kagame for limiting
media freedom and called on him to allow independent journalists to
work freely.

The criticisms came during the official opening of the International
Press Institute's (IPI) 43rd world congress in Cape Town, South Africa
on Sunday.

In her formal report to the congress on the state of press freedom
worldwide, IPI executive director Alison Bethel McKenzie told
delegates of increasing attacks on journalists.

"Kenya is another concern. President Kenyatta has signed legislation
... the Information and Communication Act ... that we believe would
lead to state control of news and information during emergencies, plus
give the government the power to perform functions currently executed
by the country's Media Council."

She said IPI had protested the new measures by the Kenya government
and acknowledged that local journalists had moved to the courts to
fight for their freedom.

"Kenyan journalists are not about to have their rights trampled on.
They've filed legal challenges against the Information and
Communication Act on the grounds that it is unconstitutional," Ms
McKenzie said.

On Rwanda, the IPI boss said as the world marks the 20th anniversary
of the genocide, even though some local media played a "terrible role
in fanning ethnic hatred in 1994", reasonable space must be curved for
free expression.

"While there is no defence for such hate speech, we are concerned that
the Rwandan authorities use that experience to maintain tight control
over today's news media and call on the government to allow
independent media to flourish."

Globally, Turkey was identified as one of the worst countries for
press freedom and the world's leading jailer of journalists with 44
currently behind bars.

"Media owners' economic dependence on government connections continues
to stifle reporting in Turkey, as did the reported attacks by police
on dozens of journalists as they covered protests that erupted last
year following the brutal treatment of demonstrators opposing the
demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul," she said.

IPI tracked 119 journalists killed in the line of duty in 2013, a
slight decline from the 133 who died in 2012. So far in 2014, more
than 20 have either been killed while on the job or died while on
duty.

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