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Motlhabani views the withdrawal of the charges by the state as exoneration that became apparent in the very early days of the matter. He says that the state
Botswana recorded a surge in suppression of freedom of expression as well as increasing rates of gender-based violence at the height of Covid-19, Amnesty
Botswana has been downgraded from ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ in a new report by the CIVICUS Monitor, a global research collaboration that rates and tracks fundamental freedoms in 197 countries and territories. Over the years, Botswana has been known as a beacon of democracy, but could the CIVICUS report spell a change in ethos in Botswana?
Justice Motlhabani, left, and Letsogile Barupi, followed by Oratile Dikologang, leave the magistrate’s court in Gaborone, Botswana, on April 14, 2020. (Mmegi/Thalefang Charles via Committee to Protect Journalists, New York)
NEW YORK, May 11 2021 (IPS) - Oratile Dikologang was naked when police officers pulled black plastic over his head during his detention in April 2020. It was difficult to breathe, but the interrogation continued, he told CPJ in a recent phone interview.
“What are your sources, where do you get information,” he recalled them asking repeatedly. “It was the most painful experience,” he said.
Dikologang, the digital editor and co-founder of the