Gregory Gondwe, the head of a Malawian investigative journalism unit, is arrested over a story involving the Attorney General.
UPDATE, 15 April 2022: Hacking of Platform for Investigative Journalism website not a mere coincidence
This statement was originally published on misa.org on 5 April 2022.
Police have detained Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) Managing Director Gregory Gondwe over a story about the Attorney General that the platform published on March 30, 2022.
Police officers are forcing Gondwe to disclose source of a document the platform used in the story.
Information reaching us indicates that police officers have confiscated gadgets, including computers and phones from Gondwe.
MISA’s position
MISA-Malawi’s position is that forcing a journalist to reveal sources of their information is against the protection of legally privileged information and whistleblower protection provisions of the Access to Information (ATI) Act. We are following up the issue and we will keep you updated.
