Two Zambian journalists detained this week have now been charged with sedition, The Post newspaper told IPI this morning. Nyambe Muyumbana of Radio Lyambai and Mwala Kalaluka of The Post newspaper were arrested in separate incidents earlier this week in connection with their reports on protests for greater autonomy in Western Province. “We are appalled […]

The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, of which the International Press Institute is a member, has endorsed a resolution by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), another member, naming 2011 “The Year of Freedom of Expression in the Western Hemisphere”. IPI and other committee members agreed in a meeting on 10 December in New […]

Zambian authorities have closed, and confiscated equipment from a radio station in Western Province, where riots over the region’s autonomy have already resulted in the deaths of at least two people, local news sources report. On Tuesday last week, a spokesperson for the government announced that live phone-in programmes on the subject of the Barotse […]

The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns a written attack by the Kosovo Liberation Army’s Veterans Association against journalist Halil Matoshi, a columnist for the daily Koha Ditore. On 6 January […]