The Zambian Watchdog is an investigative online media platform that focuses on corruption and other major crimes such as drug trafficking in Zambia.
[1] Its official site and multiple linking pages to the posts have been censored inside Zambia by the government, restricting the human right of freedom of speech.
After the controversial 2016 presidential elections, the Zambian Watchdog Facebook page was blocked by Facebook, citing its rules similar to the ones used to block Donald Trump's page.
Journalists writing for the Zambian Watchdog frequently face state-sponsored persecution.
Some are currently attending court trials on what human rights bodies and local media associations claim are trumped up charges in a move perceived as state retribution.