Media crackdown in Lesotho as radio station banned for a few weeks
Lesotho’s privately owned radio station 357 FM has been banned until 10 January 2022. Journalists were arrested and allegedly tortured for reporting on guns stolen from the police armoury. The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Lesotho to guarantee press freedom ahead of elections next year. Lesotho’s privately owned radio station 357 FM has been taken off the…