Malawi radio station shut http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11- 1447_2519447,00.html
Johannesburg - A Malawi radio station supportive of the opposition has been forced to shut following a police raid and the arrests of three staff, the station's vice chairman said on Wednesday. "The police effectively closed the radio station last night. The staff and journalists are trying to get access into the premises," Tony Mita said. Joy Radio, owned by former president Bakili Muluzi, was raided by police hours before polls opened for the country's national elections on Tuesday. The station was allowed to broadcast music during the day, but was taken off the air on Tuesday evening, Mita said. "The arrested people would be charged with breaching the parliamentary and presidential act for campaigning after the campaigning period has ended," police spokesperson Willie Mwaluka said. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the arrest of the journalists and demanded their immediate release. Condemn the silencing "We condemn the silencing of Joy Radio and effective ban on its election coverage imposed by police," said Tom Rhodes, CPJ Africa programme co- ordinator. "The three employees should be released immediately and the station allowed to resume news broadcasting." According to the Media Institute of Southern Africa, journalists from the station were arrested in connection with the repeat broadcast of a 2008 political programme that contradicted government views that the country's food supply was secure. The radio station has been the main campaign weapon of the opposition ahead of the elections, in which Muluzi is backing opposition leader John Tembo against incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika. The arrests marred the peaceful election in the impoverished southern African country. - AFP Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd ________________________ http://www.google.com/reader/shared/06600224598981072865 http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics) http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com (my social 'bookmarks' ) http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload http://www.geocities.com/zliangas http://www.myspace.com/310100806 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854 http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1 ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
