Journalists in Zimbabwe face death sentences, life imprisonment and other heavy penalties should authorities in Southern Africa sign into law Criminal Law ahead of the country’s polls on 23 August, as global watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, lobbies for media rights to inform. Once the draconian Bill– called the Criminal Law (Codification
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Journalism for democracy caught between bullets and censorship in Latin America
The murder of journalists and changing forms of censorship show that freedom of expression and information are still under siege in Latin America, particularly in the countries with the greatest social upheaval and political polarisation. Journalism “maintains a central role in the work for democracy in the region, although it suffers