Press freedom around the world is being threatened by the very people who should be its guardians, the political authorities. In Mozambique, "the re-election of Filipe Nyusi and the fragile peace agreement with former rebels have not slowed the worrying decline in press freedom". This is the conclusion of the World Press Index...
The majority of Portuguese-speaking countries have improved their position in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) press freedom index, in which only Angola and Portugal have fallen down the rankings. Among the eight of the nine states of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) that are included in this index, since São Tomé and Príncipe is not included, East Timor...
Journalist Arlindo Chissale accuses the police authorities in Cabo Delgado of political persecution because he belongs to an opposition party, Frelimo, which has been in power since 1975. The freelance journalist was arrested in Balama last week by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) on charges of spying for terrorist groups currently operating in northern...
The International Press Institute (IPI) has defended the independence of media regulatory bodies in Mozambique, considering it "urgent" to safeguard media freedom in the country. "Mozambique must urgently take concrete measures to safeguard press freedom (...) This should include the independence of regulatory bodies," indicates the preliminary analysis...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) argues that the President of the Republic should not enact amendments to the anti-terrorism legislation without asking parliament to amend the clause that could criminalize reporting on terrorism in the north of the country. Last June 3, the draft amendment to the anti-terrorism legislation was sent by parliament...
Media law specialist Justine Limpitlaw on Wednesday called attacks on journalists in Mozambique "inadmissible," considering that although the country has positive aspects in the legislative framework, it is necessary to ensure the safety of professionals in the field. "There is a lack of protection of journalists. It is inadmissible that a journalist mysteriously disappears," he told Lusa...