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Malawi : Official calls for boycott after media outlets criticise government policies

The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is disturbed with repeated threats from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top brass on media outlets deemed to be critical of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s government policies. Barely two days after State House issued a statement warning the media and civil society organizations against ’insulting’ the country’s leadership, DPP Director of Youth, Frank Mwenefumbo, has called on all government departments and the (...)

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Tanzanie : Activists detained over illegal assembly

Sixteen human rights activists led by the Legal and Human Rights Centre Director, Dr. Hellen Kijo Bisimba, and the Tanzania Women Journalists Association Director, Ananilea Nkya, were on 9 February 2012 detained in Dar es Salaam for allegations of illegal assembly and breach of peace. According to the Police Commander, Kinondoni Special Zone, Charles Kenyela, the activists were detained following security intelligence reports indicating that they were heading for an illegal assembly at the (...)

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Zimbabwe : Charges against MMPZ staffers reduced

Gwanda magistrate Sheila Nazombe on 24 January 2012 threw out two of the three charges that against Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) personnel Molly Chimhanda, Fadzai December and Gilbert Mabusa. This followed an application for refusal of further remand by their lawyer Kossam Ncube who argued that the state had failed to prove reasonable suspicion they had committed the offences in question. They were being charged under section 25 of the Public Order and Security Act which (...)

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