African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo faces prison over his reporting despite President Hakainde Hichilema, pictured here on August 16, 2021, vowing that 'the media will be freed' when he took office in 2021. (Photo: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Yet again, Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo faces prison over reporting

Lusaka, August 21, 2024—Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo is facing up to seven years in prison for his reporting on corruption and poor governance in the southern African nation. It is at least the third time that Zgambo has risked imprisonment for his online journalism, a growing threat for journalists in many African countries. On August 6, Zgambo…

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Samuel Bondjock

In Cameroon, long-running defamation case highlights vexatious suits against journalists

Dakar, August 20, 2024—Cameroonian journalist Samuel Bondjock has had to appear in court more than 30 times in almost 30 months to face criminal defamation charges that could put him in jail — even though the country’s media regulator dismissed the complaint against him in 2022. His next appearance in the capital Yaounde is scheduled…

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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki

CPJ joins call for renewing mandate of UN special rapporteur on Eritrea

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday joined 30 other non-governmental organizations in urging member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. The special rapporteur reports on and assesses the human rights situation in Eritrea, and…

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