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International academics reject sedition charge against Zambia’s Dr Sishuwa
30 Apr 2021
Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, is to be charged with sedition, as the result of an opinion piece he published in the Mail & Guardian, on 22 March 2021. (Twitter)
We, the undersigned, as prominent academics in Zambia, Africa and the wider world, are deeply alarmed at credible reports that the University of Zambia (UNZA) historian, Dr  Sishuwa Sishuwa, is to be charged with sedition, as the result of an opinion piece he  published in the
Mail & Guardian, on 22 March 2021.  
As historians and social scientists, who have studied and published in and about Zambia for many decades, we are extremely concerned that the threat of sedition charges is being used to silence the legitimate expression of belief by one of the country’s most prominent early career scholars. ....

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