AT least five journalists covering the Presidential and legislative elections in DR Congo, Africa’s fifth largest in which over 44 million have cast their votes to elect a new leader, have suffered various forms of humiliations amid delayed results with incumbent Felix Tshisekedi reported to have taken an early lead. Journalists,
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Zimbabwe arrests first journalists under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe’s press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting “false data messages.” The pair were charged on August 3 under the contentious Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, as amended through the Cyber and Data Protection Act, which became law
Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
Police in India's capital New Delhi arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in what many have slammed as the latest example of shrinking press freedoms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Mohammed Zubair, one of the co-founders of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested over a
Hong Kong arrests journalist Allan Au for sedition
The mass violation of media rights by authorities has heightened globally with Hong Kong joining the fray and arrested one of the veteran journalists-media trainers on trumped up charges of sedition. Local media and Al Jazeera confirmed in separate statements the arrest on Monday, Allan Au, 54 a veteran journalist and
Arrest of Zambia journalist for destroying leaked audio sparks uproar
The arrest of a journalist at a private television in Zambia for allegedly destroying evidence of the leaked telephone conversation between two senior government officials has fueled speculations of government’s sincerity over its pledge to promote press freedom. On 24 January the Zambia Police Service summoned, interrogated and later recorded a
Myanmar junta continues to arrest journos
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing-led military junta arrested two more journalists from Dawei, the headquarter of Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar, on 19 January 2022, local media reported. Ko Zaw and Ma Moe Myint were arrested along with a media employee Ko Thar Gyi, who also works for DaweiWatch Burmese news portal