“Spy machine” enables communications regulator access to subscriber’s data and communications without judicial oversight
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 97th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Media holds government to account in 2013
Media Institute of Southern Africa
3 May 2014
Parliamentary Chief Security Officer arrested for assaulting photojournalist in Parliament Building
Freedom House
1 May 2014
Ranked 73rd in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Ranked 112th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
"The climate for civil society and opposition groups has improved notably"
Freedom House
17 January 2013
"The economic crisis, impunity of the ruling elite, legacy of old draconian laws, and low media penetration in Malawi are major challenges"
Media Institute of Southern Africa
22 June 2012
Police officers involved in 84% of violent attacks against journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
22 February 2012
Malawi falls 64 places - the largest fall of any country - in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
25 January 2012
Civil society activists blame police for death of Youth for Freedom and Democracy vice-president
Human Rights Watch
23 January 2012