The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia has asked the Zambia Police to bring to book all perpetrators of violence during last Friday’s gathering of civil society organizations.
MISA Zambia Chairperson, Nalumino Nalumino further urged the Patriotic Front (PF) to take more stringent measures against party supporters who attack journalists and innocent citizens.
Nalumino said in a statement on Tuesday, June 4, 1013 that MISA is deeply concerned with such attacks on citizens including journalists who are merely expressing their rights to freedom of expression.
He said the institution had already written to PF Secretary General who is also the Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba and engaged the Zambia Police Service on the said issues in the past and it expected an improvement but the nature of the violence at BIGOCA leaves us in doubt as to whether things are getting better or worsening.
“We also wish to urge the Patriotic Front (PF) to take more stringent measures against party supporters who attack journalists and presume that citizens holding contrary views to them are criminals that deserve mob justice because it is not the first time that such an incidence has occurred.”
“Violations of this nature constitute an affront to democracy which can never exist without freedom of expression and media freedom. We would like to remind the Patriotic Front (PF) as a ruling party to lead by example because it is not the first time their cadres are taking the law into their own hands.” He said.
Nalumino has further urged the PF to manage its membership and ensure that they respect freedom of expression and media freedom.
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