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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear all,<br>
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Today the report of the report of the African Media Barometer
(AMB) Zambia 2011 will be launched in Lusaka. This AMB was
conducted during the run-up to the presidential elections of the
20th October.<br>
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Read more:<br>
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href="http://fesmedia.org/uploads/media/AMB_Zambia_2011.pdf">http://fesmedia.org/uploads/media/AMB_Zambia_2011.pdf</a><br>
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The media environment in the country is beset with political
interference and lack of political will to promote media freedom,
freedom of expression and access to information. The media
operates in a policy vacuum, where there are no laws that
specifically promote media freedom. For instance, a Freedom of
Information Bill, tabled in Parliament in 2002 was withdrawn by
the government in November of that year without any reason given
or any consultation with the media.<br>
Let' see whether the conditions for free and independent media
will improve under the new government.<br>
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More information on the AMB in general on our wesite <a
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href="http://fesmedia.org/african-media-barometer-amb/">http://fesmedia.org/african-media-barometer-amb/</a><br>
as well as previous AMB country editions via <a
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href="http://fesmedia.org/top/resources/amb-reports/#c102">http://fesmedia.org/top/resources/amb-reports/#c102</a><br>
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Kind regards<br>
Blanka Balfer<br>
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