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Opps! Article 19 folks are here. Maybe they can offer an alternative such as a youtube link where others can follow. </div>
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Now, I feel bad. Maybe I should not have shared the invite...</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 18 May 2020 10:39 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Fw: INVITATION TO A WEBINAR TO INTRODUCE THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN AFRICA</font>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:53 PM Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> 18 May 2020 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Winfred Gakii <<a href="mailto:winfred@article19.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">winfred@article19.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hezae <<a href="mailto:Hezae@africa-union.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hezae@africa-union.org</a>>; hlengiwe dube <<a href="mailto:hlengiwe.dube@up.ac.za" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hlengiwe.dube@up.ac.za</a>><br>
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<div>The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (the Special Rapporteur) in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and ARTICLE 19 (Eastern Africa and Western Africa), is
convening a webinar to introduce the revised Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa.<br>
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<div>The webinar will serve as a forum for disseminating the revised Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, 2019 and initiating discussions on the Declaration’s continuing relevance to the exercise of Article
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<div>The Webinar will take place <strong>tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 May 2020,</strong> at 0900 -1100hrs GMT, 1100hrs-1300hrs SAT, 1200hrs-1400hrs EAT and 1000hrs-1200hrs WAT. </div>
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<div>Kindly click on the link in the attached invitation flyer to register upon which the link to join the call will be sent to the provided email address. </div>
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<span style="font-family:'myriad pro'">Webinar Introducing the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'myriad pro'"><a href="https://www.achpr.org/announcement/detail?id=83" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#1155cc" target="_blank">https://www.achpr.org/announcement/detail?id=83</a> – English version</span></p>
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