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Malawi MPs decriminalise ‘insulting’ the ‘President’
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 amended Section 4 of the Protected Flag, Emblems and Names Act of 1967 by removing the word 'President' from the Act. This means 'insulting' the 'President' is no longer a criminal offence under the Act. Flag,...
Members of Parliament in Malawi remove sedition as criminal offence
The repeal of sedition laws in Malawi will facilitate the enjoyment of freedom of expression. Members of Parliament on Monday, November 21, 2022, amended Malawi's Penal Code which, among others, decriminalizes sedition and other related offences. Sedition is defined...
Governments should come up with punitive measures for crimes against journalists
Journalists and media representative organisations drawn from across the African continent, including regional and international media support organisations, converged in Zimbabwe’s resort town of Victoria Falls on 11 and 12 November 2022 for the belated...
AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER An analysis of trends in AMBs for 28 countries over 11 years
FOREWORD The African Media Barometer (AMB) is our flagship project at fesmedia Africa, the regional media project of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Namibia. It was developed in 2004 in partnership with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). Its indicators are...
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