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PRESS STATEMENT
January 12, 2021 PRESS STATEMENT Lusaka, Zambia Bloggers of Zambia notes and commends Cabinet’s approval of the National Cyber Security Policy, however, we would like

Season’s Greetings
Bloggers of Zambia, Staff, Management and board would like to send all of our partners and supporters everywhere compliments of the season and all best

INMATES TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AS ECZ REGISTERS OVER 4.3 MILLION VOTERS COUNTRYWIDE
The Electoral Commission of Zambia ECZ has so far registered a cumulative total number of four million three hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and

Digital Rights in Zambia
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revered as a beacon of peace, Zambia is a Southern African landlocked nation, bordered by eight neighbouring countries.

THE VICE PRESIDENT’S QUESTION TIME IN BRIEF
A summary of Vice President Inonge Wina’s question and answer session in parliament today the 27th of November 2020. MUFUMBWE MP – ELLIOT KAMONDO Mufumbwe

Civil Society Working Group Calls for enhanced Cyber Security during the COVID-19 Partial Lockdown
Lusaka, 14 May 2020. The Working Group on Cyber Laws and Digital Security in Zambia, a consortium of Civil Society actors advocating for human rights-based

Bloggers of Zambia calls for Participation In making Of Internet Laws On International Day of Access To Information
The Bloggers of Zambia celebrates the International Day of Access to Information, but rather with a very heavy heart owing to the absence of legislation

TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SAFETY, SECURITY, ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM 2019 – KASAMA
1.0 INTRODUCTION During the period under review Bloggers of Zambia implemented a trainers of trainer workshop on safety, security, ethics and standards of journalism in

TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SAFETY, SECURITY, ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM 2019 MANSA
1.0 INTRODUCTION During the period under review Bloggers of Zambia implemented a trainers of trainer workshop on safety, security, ethics and standards of journalism in

TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SAFETY, SECURITY, ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM 2019 – KITWE
1.0 INTRODUCTION During the period under review Bloggers of Zambia implemented a trainers of trainer workshop on safety, security, ethics and standards journalism in conjunction

REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON INTERNET LAWS 2019
1.0 INTRODUCTION On 20th November,2019 Bloggers of Zambia held a one-day consultative meeting on internet laws and taxes and their potential impact on internet rights

RISKS AND POSSIBILITIES IN DIGITAL ACTIVISM 2019
1.0 INTRODUCTION Bloggers of Zambia is currently implementing a project in titled re opening the space in conjunction with global reporting Sweden with financial support

GIZ PROJECT LAUNCH
On July 8, 2019, the Working Group on Cyber Laws in Zambia, a partnership involving Bloggers of Zambia, Panos Institute Southern Africa, MiSA Zambia and

AFEX Joins #OpenSpaceZM Campaign to Urge Government to Adopt an all-Inclusive Approach in Formulating Internet Policies
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins civil society groups in Zambia to call on the government to develop and adopt an inclusive and

Internet regulation has been secretive and non-participatory-Bloggers of Zambia
Bloggers of Zambia is glad that Justice Minister Given Lubinda recognises the need for good internet regulation and personal data protection laws in order to

Bloggers of Zambia concerned with the arrest of a journalists
The Bloggers of Zambia expresses concern with the continued arrests and violation of media rights in Zambia, especially the recent arrest and detention of Agence

MISA Zambia and Bloggers of Zambia call on PF Government to withdraw tariff on internet calls
MISA Zambia and the Bloggers of Zambia, a group of internet activists in Zambia have called on the PF Government to withdraw a tariff imposed

Zambia’s social media tax isn’t really about social media or freedom of speech
Following the examples of Uganda and Tanzania, Zambia announced in August that it plans to implement an internet tax. President Edgar Lungu’s government aims to tax over-the-top services like WhatsApp,