UNITED Nations special Rapporteur Irene Khan has urged government to decriminalise seditious practices, hate speech, and libel, among other offences which are inimical to freedom of expression. And Khan has advised government to operationalise the Access to Information Act without delay. According to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in Zambia, the mentioned offences were not compliant with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. “In line with growing practice in Africa and elsewhere, the Government should decriminalize defamation (criminal libel) by repealing section 191 of the Penal Code, repeal the offences of seditious practices (sect. 57) and the use of insulting...