Regional overview ternet principles, standards and responsibilities in Africa. MISA is one of the organizations involved in drafting the Declaration and we believe it will be a useful tool in advocating for an internet that is accessible, locally relevant and a tool for successful development. The process for drafting the Declaration involved consultation and input at the individual and organizational level and it builds on well-established African human rights documents including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights of 1981, the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press of 1991, the African Charter on Broadcasting of 2001, the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa of 2002, and the African Platform on Access to Information Declaration of 2011. MISA calls for the Declaration to be endorsed by everyone with a stake in the internet in Africa. We call on governments, individuals and organisations to endorse the Declaration and in doing so help shape Internet policy-making and governance across the continent. LOOKING TO 2015 MISA will continue to publish media alerts on violations in the region and we urge media professionals and citizens alike to report any violations in their respective countries. Together, we will hold governments, corporates and other institutions accountable for violations against freedom of expression and media freedom. We will strive for a southern Africa in which all citizens are free to claim their right to free expression. 16 So This is Democracy? 2014