Pursuant to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; it is set out in broad terms that , the right to freedom of expression is the human rights each individual has and this was later protected legally by ratified international and regional treaties.
Infact the declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa by the African Commission on Human and people's Rights , 32nd session that held from the 17-23 October 2002 in Banjul in its preamble reaffirmed the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as an individual human right being the corner stone of democracy and a means of ensuring respect for all human rights and freedoms.
And Article 2 of the African chart reiterates as follows and I quote ;"Everyone shall have an equal opportunity to exercise the right to freedom of expression and to access information without descrimination" .