If you can not express yourself you are already behind bars Mbana Kaitako
Namibians vote on 27 and 28 November 2009.
SWAPO

NAMIBIA, Windhoek : People walk under an election poster of the ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), showing the incumbent President Hifikepunye Pohamba in Katatura, outside Windhoek, on November 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH

RDF

NAMIBIA, Windhoek : A man walks past an election billboard of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), featuring its leader Hidipo Hamutenya, in Windhoek on November 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH

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Swaziland: State broadcaster sued with demands to release video clips (25 November 2009)
The 'Swaziland Television Authority (STVA)' has been taken to court with an order directing the government-owned station, Swazi TV, to release video clips to be used as evidence in court.
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Independent journalists banned from covering an entertainment show (25 November 2009)
Journalists of the privately-owned Times of Swaziland newspaper covering an entertainment show in Manzini on 21 November 2009, were harassed and banned from covering the event.
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Tanzania 20 November 2009: Police summons freelance journalist for interrogation
Police in Singida region in Tanzania summoned and interrogated Freelance Journalist Jumbe Ismailly on 19 November 2009 for two hours and nine minutes from 11.00 am to 1.09 pm on allegations of defaming the Regional Commissioner
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The Post Editor in Chief appears in court over contempt charges
Editor in Chief of The Post Newspapers Limited, Fred M'membe appeared before Magistrate David Simusamba on 17 November 2009 to answer to the charges of contempt of court leveled against him and the Post Newspaper.
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Malawi: Regulator pledges license and radio equipment for Gabrial Kondesi
The country’s communications regulatory body, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), has pledged to grant radio equipments and a license to Gabriel Kondesi’s radio station. Kondesi was convicted for operating a radio station illegally in Mulanje district.
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Withdrawal of the broadcasters code of conduct is regrettable
MISA Botswana has learnt with grave concern that the National Broadcasting Board has withdrawn the Code of Conduct for Broadcasters during elections because the Minister of Communications has not given the Code legal force, allegedly due to time constraints.
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'I hope my murder will be seen not as a defeat of freedom but an inspiration'
This extraordinary article by the editor of the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader was published three days after he was shot dead in Colombo
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Posted to the web: 04/12/2008 11:46:15: Fears grow for missing former TV anchor
FEARS grew on Thursday for a missing Zimbabwean former TV news anchor-turned human rights activist, over 24 hours after she was reportedly kidnapped from her home by a gang of 12 men driving in two unmarked vehicles.
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