Status: Not Free
Legal Environment: 22
Political Influences: 24
Economic Pressures: 19
Total Score: 65
Population: n/a
GNI/capita: n/a
Life Expectancy: 37
Religious Groups: n/a
Ethnic Groups: African (98 percent), European and other (2 percent)
Capital: Lusaka
During the run-up to elections in 2001, the government increased press-freedom abuses. State-funded media were monitored and harshly warned. Private newspapers were threatened and journalists arrested for "defaming" the president. The repeated challenges of journalists generated self-censorship, though courts dropped some charges of criminal libel. As widely contested elections neared, the pressure on journalists was reduced slightly at the end of the year.
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