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Zambia: Another News Website Blocked
RSF, 23 July 2013
After Zambian Watchdog (www.zambianwatchdog.com) and the mirror of that site created by Reporters Without Borders, Zambia Reports (www.zambiareports.com) has become the latest… Read more »
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Zambian President Moves to Bar Social Networks
President Michael Sata has allegedly set up intelligence systems meant to block Facebook and Twitter in a move widely seen as an attack on freedom of expression.
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Zambia: President Sata Moves to Block Facebook and Twitter
Zambia Reports, 22 July 2013
President Michael Sata's parallel intelligence system is moving to block social networks Facebook and Twitter after realising that stories on blocked websites, Zambian Watchdog and… Read more »
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Zambia: UK Highlights Sata's Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech
Zambia Reports, 19 July 2013
A leading United Kingdom newspaper as reported the ongoing assault of free speech in Zambia by President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front following the government's decision to… Read more »
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Zambia: Watchdog Mirror Created By RWB Itself Now Blocked By Government
RSF, 19 July 2013
Access from within Zambia to the mirror of the Zambian Watchdog news website that Reporters Without Borders created yesterday to help circumvent government censorship was itself… Read more »
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Zambia: Journalists Facing Increasing Threats in Zambia
VOA, 19 July 2013
Practicing journalism has become one of the more dangerous things to do in Africa's largest copper producer, Zambia. The country - once seen as a model of democracy in southern… Read more »
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Zambia: Govt Accused of Blocking Critical News Websites
Zambia Reports, 20 July 2013
A sizeable group of people calling themselves Zambian bloggers yesterday converged at the Freedom Statute in Lusaka to protest the blocking of two critical website - Zambian… Read more »
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Zambia: U.S Broadcasts Assault On Zambian Media
Zambia Reports, 19 July 2013
Freelance journalists Chanda Chimba's maiden report has hit the airwaves in the United States of America discussing the increasing threats and dangerous environment in which… Read more »
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Zambia: Press Freedom Group Slams Zambian Government
Zambia Reports, 18 July 2013
Following several arrests of journalists and numerous attempts to hack and block access to the government-critical news website Zambian Watchdog, the press freedom group Committee… Read more »
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Zambia: Harassment of Watchdog Site Continues
CPJ, 17 July 2013
Zambian authorities should stop their ongoing harassment of the Zambian Watchdog, a site that reports on alleged government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said… Read more »
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Zambia: Police Arrest Journalist and Block Access to Website
Zambia Reports, 17 July 2013
The Zambia Police on Tuesday night abducted a third freelance journalist Wilson Pondamali based in Kabwe on suspicion he was contributing articles to the online newspaper Zambian… Read more »
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Zambia: Govt to Table Information Bill in September
MISA, 16 July 2013
The Zambian government has said that the delay to table the Access to Information (ATI) Bill in Parliament was not deliberate as it will be tabled during the next sitting in… Read more »
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Zambia: Information Bill to Be Tabled in September
MISA, 15 July 2013
On 14 July, 2013, government said it would table the Access to Information (ATI) Bill in Parliament during the next sitting of the House in September this year in order to allow… Read more »
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Zambia: State Causes Adjournment of Chanda Chimba's Case
Zambia Reports, 17 July 2013
The case in which freelance journalist Chanda Chimba, III is charged with unlawful publishing and printing as well as being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of… Read more »
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Zambia: Social Activist Cautions President On Arrests of Journalists
MISA, 12 July 2013
Social activist, Laura Miti, has cautioned Zambia's President, Michael Sata, and his clique not to take the trust Zambians vested in them to govern the country for granted after… Read more »
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Zambia: Arrested Journalist Charged With Sedition and Released On Bail
MISA, 12 July 2013
Thomas Zyambo, a journalist suspected of having links to an online news service provider, Zambian Watchdog, has been charged with sedition. After spending over 48hrs in police… Read more »
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Zambia: Police Harass Lone Protestor and Muvi TV Journalist
Zambia Reports, 12 July 2013
A civil society activist Geoffrey Simukonde was this morning roughed up by police at Parliament for staging a solo protest against government's decision to remove fuel and maize… Read more »
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Zambia: Laura Miti Cautions Sata On Arrests of Journalists
Zambia Reports, 9 July 2013
Social activist Laura Miti has cautioned President Michael Sata and his clique not to take the trust Zambians vested in them to govern the country for granted after State House… Read more »
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Zambia: Journalists Accused of 'Defaming' Sata
MISA, 10 July 2013
Two journalists, Clayson Hamasaka and Thomas Zgambo, who are currently in police confinement are likely to be charged with defaming Zambian president, Michael Sata. Read more »
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Zambia: Two Journalists Held
MISA, 10 July 2013
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is concerned with the unlawful confinement of two journalists, Mr Clayson Hamasaka and Mr Thomas Zyambo, who were picked up in… Read more »
