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Haiti: AMARC calls on community broadcasters to rally in support
Citizen Empowerment for Good Governance through Community Radio in Western Africa
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      Welcome to the AMARC AFRICA website The main global impact of AMARC since its creation in 1983, has been to accompany and support the establishment of a world wide community radio sector that has democratized the media sector. AMARC advocates for the right to communicate at the international, national, local and neighbourhood levels and defends and promotes the interests of the community radio movement through solidarity, networking and Cooperation. 
Resolution In Support of Media and Communications Workers in the Americas
NFCB and AMARC-NA – enacted June 12, 2010 The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (United States) and AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) being committed to freedom of expression, communication rights, and the importance of journalism including grassroots media call on the President of the United States as well as the governments of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador to:
AMARC Deplores Murder of Community Radio Worker
July 26, 2010 The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC expresses deep shock and anger at the murder of Devi Prasad Dhital (Hemraj) Chairman of Community Radio Tulsipur on 22nd July 2010. According to initial reports, Dhital was shot at Urahari, about 12 kilometers from Tulsipur in western Nepal on Thursday around 8:45 p.m.
AMARC Africa Johannesburg Declaration
Johannesburg 22nd July 2010 We the members of AMARC AFRICA representing community radios and networks of community radios from 13 Western, Eastern and Southern African countries (South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Uganda and Zimbabwe), gathered in Johannesburg with the objective to contribute to the strengthening of national Community Radio Networks, the improvement of their content and the empowerment of women in community radio in order to enhance the impact of community radio in African Human Development ,
On World Press Freedom Day, AMARC asserts communication rights of disaster hit communities
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 3, 2010 - On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May) AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, calls on governments and international agencies to respect the communication rights of communities struck by disaster and to recognise the vital role of community media in disaster response and reconstruction.
AMARC Salutes Community Radio Breakthrough in Bangladesh
Montreal, April 26, 2010. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) saluted today the approval of 12 community radio licences in Bangladesh, as one of the most important breakthroughs for community broadcasting in South Asia. |
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