Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

Leaders of the war veterans’ association threatened to shut down the privately-owned newspaper unless it discloses the sources of a story alleging that former liberation war fighters had attempted to dig up the remains of a former colonial leader.

Copies of the newspaper were also reportedly torn in Kadoma by “identified Zanu PF supporters” after they accused a vendor of selling the newspaper close to a shop owned by a Zanu-PF official.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, MISA salutes and appreciates the efforts all women, especially the journalists, media professionals and media scholars who continue to make immense contributions to the growth and development of journalism and media in the Southern African region.

MISA is gravely concerned about the information minister’s condescending behaviour towards journalists, coming as it does against the backdrop of a rapidly declining democratic culture in Malawi.

Fifty IFEX members and other rights groups call on the Bahrain authorities to release from prison human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk since beginning a hunger strike on 8 February.

The IFEX-TMG calls on the government to immediately pass the application decrees regarding the establishment of the HAICA – a regulatory body consisting of experts and representatives of all stakeholders to protect media against all forms of corruption and abuse.

The proposed draft constitution explicitly guarantees not only media freedoms and access to information, but also protects journalists and their sources.

Sixteen human rights activists were detained in Dar es Salaam on allegations of illegal assembly and breach of peace.