{"id":85009,"date":"2017-01-07T02:23:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/european-union-heads-of-mission-meet-new-board-of-rwanda-media-commission\/"},"modified":"2017-01-07T02:23:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T00:23:01","slug":"european-union-heads-of-mission-meet-new-board-of-rwanda-media-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/european-union-heads-of-mission-meet-new-board-of-rwanda-media-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Heads of Mission meet new board of Rwanda Media Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/european-union-heads-of-mission-meet-new-board-of-rwanda-media-commission?lang=en\">European Union Heads of Mission meet new board of Rwanda Media Commission<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>Ambassadors of the European Union and EU Member States today paid a courtesy call on the Chairman and Commissioners of the Rwanda Media Commission (RMC). The Ambassadors made a number of press remarks after the meeting:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We welcomed the chance to meet the new board of RMC after its elections a month ago, and to understand better its priorities in promoting a free, responsible and accountable media, in defending its journalist members, in maintaining its independence as a self-regulatory body, and in media monitoring during elections.<\/p>\n<p>We discussed with RMC the government&#39;s commitment made in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) last year to &#39;Continue strengthening legislation to eliminate all provisions that undermine freedom of expression&#39;, and shared with RMC some impressions from the EU-organised seminar in Kigali in December 2016 on freedom of expression and media transformation.&nbsp;Participants at the seminar spoke strongly on the need for a better flow of information, the need to improve the quality of journalism, the need to combat &#39;fake news&#39;, and that a diverse and quality media made for a healthy, informed society.<\/p>\n<p>We raised the matter of police investigations of a number of journalists in the last few weeks.&nbsp;RMC clarified that its mandate was limited to cases of transgression of ethics in journalism.&nbsp;It had succeeded in resolving nearly all complaints brought by the public against journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The RMC has an ambitious programme, has received support from EU countries, and we encouraged the RMC Commissioners in holding to their mandate on promoting and protecting press freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of EU Delegation to Rwanda.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/0e12a52b3e49b34\/200\/70\" alt=\"EU Delegation to Rwanda\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/european-union-heads-of-mission-meet-new-board-of-rwanda-media-commission?lang=en\">APO &#8211; Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Union Heads of Mission meet new board of Rwanda Media Commission: Ambassadors of the European Union and EU Member States today paid a courtesy call on the Chairman and Commissioners of the Rwanda Media Commission (RMC). 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