Zambian Journalist Detained for Audio Leak Under Cyber Laws Weeks Before Elections

Lusaka — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zambian authorities to immediately release journalist MacPherson Mukuka after four days in detention and not to criminalize journalism carried out in the public interest.

Mukuka, a journalist with state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC), has been detained at Kabwata Police Station in the capital Lusaka since July 17 in connection with an alleged violation of Section 10 of Zambia’s 2025 Cyber Crimes Act, which prohibits…