New York, July 21, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns sweeping arrests and attacks on journalists, as well as censorship by the administration of Malawi President Bingu Wa Muthiraka against media outlets reporting on nationwide antigovernment protests that erupted on Wednesday.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Malawi
New York, July 19, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by intimidation of the private Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) on Sunday and Monday by masked assailants as protests were planned for Wednesday in the capital.
In Malawi,
where half the population survives on a dollar a day, it proves wise for the
political elite to keep their exorbitant wealth hidden from public
scrutiny. That's why they appear to be
running to the courthouse to file injunctions to silence the press.
New York, February 1, 2011--An amendment to Malawi's penal code, which became law
last week, allows the government to ban any publication deemed contrary to
public interest for an unspecified period of time, institutionalizing political
censorship of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On January 26, President Bingu wa Mutharika signed into law an amendment to Section 46 of the penal code that gives the information minister unchecked discretion to block a publication he or she deems against the "public interest," according to news reports and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). Previously, Section 46 only prohibited importation of publications considered seditious.
New York, November 1, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a government ban on the publication of Malawian weekly tabloid The Weekend Times today. In a letter dated October 28, the National Archives of Malawi issued an immediate suspension of The Weekend Times on charges of failing to register the paper, according to news reports.
New York, August 31, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns threatening comments made by President Bingu wa Mutharika against Malawian news outlets last week. Mutharika threatened to close newspapers that report critically about his administration after the private weeklies Malawi News and Weekend Nation cited a regional agency's report forecasting food shortages in the country, local journalists told CPJ.
After The Boy
Who Harnessed the Wind, the autobiography of ingenious
22-year-old William Kamkwamba’s homemade electric
windmill in Malawi, comes “the boy who harnessed the airwaves” by building a radio station
with rudimentary materials. The tale of 21-year-old Malawian Gabriel
Kondesi also showcases the inventiveness spawned by life in this impoverished, landlocked
nation in southeastern
New York, May 27, 2009--A magistrate in
New York, May 19, 2009--Authorities in Malawi should immediately release three journalists arrested today in a police raid on an opposition radio station, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The country is holding general elections between today and Thursday.
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