The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) notes with deep concern the detention of journalist MacPherson Mukuka
The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) is a media industry body committed to upholding professionalism, media independence, and the constitutional right to freedom of expression in Zambia. We are alarmed that a journalist can be detained for work done in the public interest. Such actions undermine Zambia’s democratic principles and create a chilling effect on investigative reporting. In a statement, MLC Chairperson Henry Kabwe called on the relevant authorities to immediately and unconditionally release MacPherson Mukuka. Detaining journalists for their reporting […]