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These results now make for powerful lobbying tools. As all panelists have clout in their sphere of influence they can draw on them in helping to shape opinions inside and outside the political arena. The dismal score for Botswana, for example, came as a surprise to the panel, who spoke of their country as a democracy without democrats, where there is a lot of fear among citizens, partly due to intimidating |
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threats
made by state operatives like the police, security officers and
the army?. The report is now
being used to make people take an honest look and open their
eyes on the real state of affairs. In Zambia, panelists resolved
to
work urgently towards the repeal of still existing pieces of
colonial legislation, such as sedition laws, that impinge on
freedom of
expression. And in Namibia there was consensus that a defunct
Media Council as a self regulatory mechanism for the media should
be
urgently revived.
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