1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJessica Jerreathttps://cpj.org/author/jjerreat/In Zambia, journalist jailed for 18 months for contempt of court - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IDd2KQ2IaW"><a href="https://cpj.org/2018/12/in-zambia-journalist-jailed-for-18-months-for-cont/">In Zambia, journalist jailed for 18 months for contempt of court</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2018/12/in-zambia-journalist-jailed-for-18-months-for-cont/embed/#?secret=IDd2KQ2IaW" width="600" height="338" title="“In Zambia, journalist jailed for 18 months for contempt of court” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="IDd2KQ2IaW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AFP_Lusaka_1.jpg750499Nairobi, December 21, 2018--Zambia's Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Derrick Sinjela, editor-in-chief of the privately owned Rainbow Newspaper, to 18 months in prison for contempt of court. Sinjela was convicted in September in relation to articles that accused the Supreme Court of corruption and questioned its handling of a case between two private companies, said Hyde…