# Search: insult and defamation laws in Africa

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Filters: country, continent, tactic, stage, from, to, level, actor, leader, outlet, outcome, source_kind, has_case, plus q, sort (date, date_asc, country, tactic, relevance), per_page (up to 100), page and view (table or cards), as query parameters.

2 incidents match this view.

- 16 January 2025: [Tunisia's cybercrime decree pushes jailed-journalist count to highest since 1992](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-tunisia-record-journalists-jailed-decree-54). The Committee to Protect Journalists found at least four journalists imprisoned under Tunisia's 2022 Decree-Law 54 on cybercrime as of January 2025, including radio hosts Mourad Zghidi and Borhen Bsaies, pushing the country's jailed-journa…
- 14 July 2023: [Zimbabwe's Patriotic Act criminalizes journalists' contact with foreign governments](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-zimbabwe-patriotic-act-criminalizes-foreign-contact). President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Patriotic Act, which criminalizes meeting foreign governments or officials with intent to harm Zimbabwe's sovereignty, with penalties up to death for advocating armed intervention and up to ten years…

Download this view. CSV, JSON or Markdown. CC BY 4.0; credit "The War On News, thewaronnews.com".
- CSV: https://thewaronnews.com/search?continent=africa&tactic=insult_and_defamation_laws&view=cards&format=csv
- JSON: https://thewaronnews.com/search.json?continent=africa&tactic=insult_and_defamation_laws&view=cards
- Markdown: https://thewaronnews.com/search.md?continent=africa&tactic=insult_and_defamation_laws&view=cards

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/search?continent=africa&tactic=insult_and_defamation_laws&view=cards. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.