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Media Reform – 1992

Human Rights Watch gave favorable remarks on press freedom in Mozambique in its 1993 report, which includes 1992. According to the report, “Mozambican citizens in the major towns have continued to enjoy the freedoms recognized in the 1990 constitution and related legislation. Political parties are able to function. The press law enacted by the government in 1991, which guarantees press freedom, has led to a flowering of independent journalism, including much candid coverage of the war, famine, corruption and banditry. However, there have been incidents of harassment and censorship of journalists, and in April a journalist at Notícias, Noe Ditimande, was dismissed after criticizing two senior government figures.”¹

1. “Human Rights Watch World Report 1993 – Mozambique,” Human Rights Watch, 1993, accessed September 14, 2010, http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/WR93/Afw-06.htm#P289_114819.