Media freedom monitoring and safety of journalists

MISA Malawi monitors, records and collates media freedom and freedom of expression violations in Malawi.

This includes tracking incidents of harassment, attacks and assault as well as arbitrary detention and sentencing that restrict the work of individual media professionals and threatens journalists’ safety. We also track actions that violate people’s right to freedom of expression, including the right to online expression.

We post individual reports on media freedom violations to our website. We also publish the annual So This is Democracy report which collates these incidents.

Media freedom monitoring helps us provide relevant support to journalists, media practitioners and institutions whose rights are violated. The research aspect also enables MISA Malawi to develop a greater understanding of media violations and allows the organisation to identify and track emerging issues and trends.

Media violations

MISA Malawi celebrates decriminalisation of defamation

MISA Malawi celebrates decriminalisation of defamation

MISA Malawi celebrates a landmark victory for freedom of expression with the High Court of Malawi (sitting as a Constitutional Court) declaring section 200 of the Malawi Penal Code, which criminalized defamation, unconstitutional. The court’s decision stems from the...

The future of expression in the age of intersectionality 

The future of expression in the age of intersectionality 

By Jeremias Langa  The existential shockwaves of 2024 will undoubtedly shape developments in 2025!  This is so because the preceding year was deemed the year of democracy due to the global density of elections. This did not spare our region as we witnessed eight...