The Lesotho chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa defends and promotes media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information in Lesotho.
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Parliament adopts National media policy
The arduous journey of establishing and legalising a policy that would represent the best interests of a free media has finally reached a desirable and much-anticipated end, this after the adoption of the National Media Policy by the National Assembly in Maseru...
Current state of media freedom and free expression in Lesotho concerning
The Lesotho chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Lesotho) has noted with grave concern the exponential growth in the number of media violations meted against individual journalists and workers of media institutions as well as media organizations,...
Media violations escalate sharply in Lesotho
The number of media violations in Lesotho shot up during the month of November, raising concern the country’s freedom of expression environment could be on a sharp decline ahead of elections due next year. On 9 November 2021, gunmen attacked the family of veteran...
Escalating cases of harassment of journalists in Lesotho
MISA Lesotho issues this statement to express our grave concern over the growing rate of harassment of journalists in Lesotho. The recent case of the 357FM’s Lebese Molati marks the peak at which media freedom is under threat imposed by those who wield power. Molati...
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