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Media Reform – 1997

According to State Department report on human rights practices in 1997, “The Government continued to restrict press freedom; the media remained largely owned by the Government and state enterprises and manipulated by factions within the ruling party, but there was a greater criticism of government policies and an increase in the number of independent media sources. Also, with increased press and nongovernmental organization (NGO) scrutiny, even more abuses by security forces came to light than in previous years, and in some instances the Government investigated and punished those responsible.”¹“Mozambique Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997,” U.S. Department of State, 1998, accessed September 15, 2010, http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/mozambiq.ht…