Journalists drilled to uphold human rights in election reporting

By Noela EBOB BISONG About 30 journalists, bloggers and other media professionals, drawn from the Centre, Littoral and South West regions have been empowered to better cover elections, while having in mind the respect of the rights of persons. The three days programme which ran from August 12 to 14, in Douala, Littoral region was organised by the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, on the theme; Promoting Human Rights in electoral context: Human Rights based election coverage. Fonyuy Kiven Timothy, Programmes Officer, Information and Advocacy at UN-CHRDCA, addressing participants during workshop Putting the workshop…