Human Rights Commissioner urges reforms to ensure freedom of expression ahead of elections

Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek)

PRESS RELEASE

The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) special reporter on the right to freedom of expression, Commissioner Pansy Tlakula, has urged Kenya and Zimbabwe to uphold the right to freedom of expression and access to information, which she said are prerequisites for free, fair and credible elections. The two countries hold elections in 2008.

Tlakula called on Zimbabwe and other states coming