For example, on 9 March 2020, police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Kapiri Mposhi, and charged him with three counts of legal libel after he allegedly criticized President Lungu on Facebook. Public conferences by political opposition and civil society are largely restricted on the grounds of public safety or managing the spread of Covid-19. Two crucial media shops have been shut down by the government over the last five years. In response, sixty seven international locations, together with shut US allies such as the UK, France and Germany, made a press release expressing “unwavering help for the court as an…