THE arrest of journalists who filmed a police operation at Chilufya Tayali’s house cannot pass without comment. It is as barbaric an action as it sounds. At this age in our democracy, people cannot be reading news about the arrest of journalists in the line of duty. It is unacceptable, and those who have come out to condemn this action have a point. Fred M’MEMBE: “The same people who are sending police, when they used to be arrested, they wanted the media to cover them. They wanted the media to tell people where they are, what is happening to them. They called for the media. Today the same people who used to call the media, they don’t want the media...

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