FREE Press Initiative (FPI) founder Joan Chirwa says the organisation is alarmed by Cornelius Mweetwa’s statement that statutory regulation of print media could be a way to tame alarmists. She has warned that statutory regulation could potentially stifle freedom of speech and press. Meanwhile, Chirwa has welcomed the dismissal of the defamation lawsuit commenced by Given Lubinda and Jean Kapata against News Diggers and the EIA, stating that the verdict sends a clear message to those in power that using courts to intimidate and silence journalists will not be tolerated. Last week, Information and Media Minister Mweetwa said the publication of alarming statements by some newspapers was a motivation to steer the government towards statutory regulation in order to tame...