The International Press Institute (IPI) will carry out fact-finding visits to Mozambique and Botswana from August 15 to 24 to investigate the press freedom environment and support independent journalism in both countries. A high-level IPI delegation led by IPI Executive Board Chair Khadija Patel will meet with a range of stakeholders in Maputo and Gaborone, […]

The IPI global network today urged Botswana to withdraw a proposed law that would allow for warrantless surveillance of communications. The bill has been sharply criticized by media representatives in Botswana and Africa. Botswana’s government is currently pushing the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill through parliament. If passed, the bill will have a chilling effect […]

Based on information provided to IPI, on 1 June, Professor Kenneth Good, a political science lecturer at the University of Botswana for the past 15 years, was deported from the country by legal order and a decree from President Festus Mogae. Good’s deportation came only hours after the Lobatse High Court upheld the government’s right […]

H.E. Mr. DK Kwelagobe Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Private Bag 001 Gaborone Botswana Fax: +267 581 028 Vienna, 28 February 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, has been appalled to learn that Professor Kenneth Good, 72, a […]