Malawi - Letter to President Mutharika urging him to repeal new press law

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders wrote to President Bingu Wa Mutharika today urging him to repeal an amendment to Section 46 of the Penal Code that deals a very severe blow to media freedom. The organization said it was dismayed to learn that President Mutharika had promulgated the amendment, which was recently adopted by parliament. President Bingu Wa Mutharika (AFP) “It ushers in the reign of the arbitrary by empowering a minister to determine what is in the public interest and what is not,” (...)

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