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</html><description>[Click here to read CPJ's protest letter] August 3, 2000 --- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), citing an "alarming pattern of government interference" with the free flow of information in many Southern African countries, is calling on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to "consider the press freedom records of member states in determining&hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>2400</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1260</thumbnail_height></oembed>
