Region-wide victories in 2014 4 September MISA joined other organisations working on internet governance in Africa and around the world in celebrating the launch of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms at the global Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, Turkey on 4 September 2014. 14 December In Konaté v Burkina Faso the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights rules that criminal defamation laws cannot include custodial sentences or disproportionate sanctions such as excessive fines. Ruling applies to all members of the African Union.