Zambia

2011

  
Muvi Television journalists are interviewed after an attack in Nakachenje. (Muvi)

Zambian ruling party members charged in TV crew attack

New York, July 20, 2011–Zambian law enforcement and judiciary officials must ensure that justice is fully served in Monday’s attack against three television journalists and their driver, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Two officials of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) have been arrested in connection with the attack.

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Authorities illegally shutter radio station in Zambia

New York, January 27, 2011–Authorities in Zambia’s Western Province must immediately allow community station Radio Lyambayi to return to air, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The government raided the private broadcaster based in Mongu, about 360 miles (580 kilometers) west of the capital, Lusaka, carting away computers and other broadcasting equipment on January…

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2011