Malawi

2006

  

Two journalists charged with criminal libel

May 29, 2006 Posted: July 10, 2006 Jika Nkolokosa, Blantyre Newspapers Ltd. Maxwell Ng’ambi, Blantyre Newspapers Ltd. LEGAL ACTION Nkolokosa, general manager of the private media group Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), and Ng’ambi, a reporter for BNL, were charged with criminal libel in connection with articles criticizing Malawi’s health minister. BNL publishes the Daily Times…

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Journalists detained overnight, charged with criminal libel

May 8, 2006 Rob Jamieson, The Chronicle Arnold Mlelemba, The Chronicle Dickson Kashoti, The Chronicle HARASSED, LEGAL ACTION Three journalists working for the private weekly newspaper The Chronicle were detained and charged with criminal libel in connection with an article alleging that Malawi’s then-attorney general was involved in the theft of a computer. Attorney General…

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2006