Media law and reform
For this reason, Governments use laws to limit freedom of expression if it conflicts with other human rights, such as the protection of the rights or reputations of others, national security, public order, public health and morals. Unfortunately, governments, private institutions and individuals around the world can abuse such limitations, using legislation and the judicial system unjustly to control expression and quash opposing views.
Media law reform news from our chapters
MISA Zambia launches two reports
MISA Zambia today hosted a dissemination event for the Legal and Regulatory Research and the report on Media Capture titled ‘Transparency and Trust: Newsroom Policies’. During the dissemination event, Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Kennedy...
Government embarks on media policy reforms
The UPND government says it has embarked on key policy and legal reforms aimed at widening the space for freedom of expression and freedom of the media. Speaking during the legal Hand Book launch this morning, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and...
MISA Zambia launches legal hand book
MISA Zambia has launched a legal handbook that highlights various laws that relate to the freedom of expression, media freedom and digital rights in Zambia and how these laws impact these rights and freedoms. The handbook is divided into seven (07) modules including;...
Government should keep its promise of promoting media freedoms – MISA Zambia
MISA Zambia has called on the New Dawn Government to keep its promise of promoting media freedoms in Zambia. MISA Zambia Chairperson Fr Barnabas Simatende said that the current government has made unprecedented verbal policy pronouncements which include the enactment...
Government commends media’s response on self-regulation
Minister of Information and Media, Honorable Chushi Kasanda has commended the media fraternity in Zambia for being proactive and mobilising themselves to translate the presidential pronouncement on self-regulation into action a few days after the announcement....