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MISA Zambia Condemns Seizure of Mast Newspaper Equipment, Raid on Editor in Chief’s Residence
This statement was originally published on misa.org on February 25, 2017.
MISA Zambia condemns, in the strongest terms, the action by the state and police...
Zambia Access To Information
This statement was originally published on misa.org on 10 February 2017.
MISA Zambia welcomes the pronouncement by Justice Minister Given Lubinda at the 2017 Universal...
Zambia Access To Information
MISA Zambia welcomes Justice Minister’s pronouncement on ATI; calls for a roadmap for the process
This statement was originally published on misa.org on February 10, 2017.
MISA Zambia welcomes the pronouncement by Justice Minister Given Lubinda at the 2017 Universal...
Lesotho Attacks
Lesotho: Government Closes Two Tadio Stations ahead of World Radio Day Celebrations
This statement was originally published on misa.org on February 10, 2017.
Three days ahead of the commemoration of the World Radio Day on 13 February 2017,...
Malawi Censorship
MISA Malawi Questions Shutdown of Times Group over Tax Default
MISA-Malawi is disturbed by news of the closure this morning of Blantyre Printing and Publishing Company (Times Group) offices by the Malawi Revenue Authority...
Zimbabwe Free Expression and The Law
MISA launches African Media Barometer and 2016 Transparency Assessment Report
MISA -Zimbabwe on 18 November 2016 simultaneously launched the African Media Barometer (Zimbabwe 2015) and its 2016 Transparency Assessment Report at Dema shopping centre...
Lesotho Attacks
Lesotho Times Journalist goes into Exile
This statement was originally published by misa.org on July 19, 2016.
Lesotho Times newspaper reporter Keiso Mohloboli fled Lesotho on July 18, 2016, to the...
Zimbabwe Digital Rights
MISA Zimbabwe: Don’t Regulate Social Media
This statement was originally published by misa.org on July 12, 2016.
MISA-Zimbabwe notes with great concern escalating threats by government to “regulate” social media in...
Lesotho Attacks
Lesotho Times Editor Shot by Unknown Assailants
This statement was originally published on misa.org on July 12, 2016.
The Lesotho Times newspaper editor Lloyd Mutangamiri was shot on Saturday, July 9, at...
Zimbabwe Censorship
Government Blocks WhatsApp as “Shutdown Zimbabwe” Protest Takes Place
This statement was originally published on misa.org on July 6, 2016.
As MISA-Zimbabwe monitors the enjoyment of media freedom and freedom of expression during the...
Zambia Censorship
Closure of Private Newspaper in Zambia, Unacceptable – AFEX
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) to express its deepest concern over the closure of...
Namibia Access To Information
Access to Information campaigners appeal against downgrading of World Bank’s Freedom of Information Programme
The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Working Group and other civil society organisations working on freedom of information around the globe have written to...