Full Coverage: Freedom of expression

29.01.2008 The Zambian Supreme Court has upheld the 2004 High Court decision not to deport satirical columnist Roy Clarke, a British national permanently resident in Zambia, over a column published in the privately owned Post newspaper on first January 2004, allegedly insulting President Levy Mwanawasa.

25.01.2008 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped. These charges include High Treason, a charge that carries the death penalty

24.01.2008 Activists in Pakistan have come heavily on an ordinance to curb electronic crime. The government’s move of prohibiting the use of Internet and SMS is being seen as curtailment of freedom of expression and civil liberties. Pakistanis were extensively using blog sites to criticise the state of affairs in the country.

09.01.2008 On January 5 2008, two editors of the weekly Kiswahili newspaper - Mwanahalisi - were attacked and beaten by three anonymous machete-wielding (double edged bush knives) attackers at their media house in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam.

07.01.2008 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) has banned Radio Lyambai in Mongu from broadcasting phone-in programmes.