affected reporters, a cameraperson and a driver from the station. Abram Banda, 28, Cephas Phiri, 29 and Use Mukalipi, 27 were jailed for physically attacking the news crew, which had gone to cover land wrangles between residents of Nakachenje area and MMD cadres in Lusaka West. an online publication of 15 May, 2012 called the Zambian watchdog. The paper reports that Kasama District Culture Officer Patrick Mubanga, 38, of ZAMTEL Compound was found guilty of the offence by Magistrate Monica Mwamulima when he appeared for judgement on 14th May, 2012. &RPPXQLTXp &RPPXQLTXp Date: May 8, 2012 Person/ institution: The Technical Committee on Drafting the Zambian Constitution (TCDZC) Violation/ issue:Legislation On 30 April 2012, Chairperson of the Technical Committee On Drafting The Zambian Constitution (TCDZC), Justice Annel Silungwe launched the 2012 First Draft Constitution for purposes of wide consultation with the public. The committee started work on the draft charter on 1 December 2011 and was supposed to have produced the draft in February 2012 but failed to do so. Regardless, this first draft consists of several progressive articles and clauses on media freedom, freedom of express, right to access information and even freedom to stateowned media. Date: May 31, 2012 Person/ institution: Government Violation/ issue: Other On 30 May, 2012, Matero Member of Parliament (MP) Miles Sampa launched the first-ever constituency website at a ceremony held at Matero Boys Basic School in Lusaka. According to the Daily Mail of 31 May,2012, the website would contain information regarding Matero Constituency including that on projects, schools, clinics, councillors, profiles for the MP and the Patriotic Front’s hierarchy in the area. The paper states the website and a magazine were launched as a way to enhance communication between the constituency office and the community of Matero. &RPPXQLTXp Date: May 23, 2012 Person/ institution: Patrick Mubanga Violation/issue: Detained A civil servant in Kasama has been sentenced to three (3) months imprisonment with hard labour by the Magistrate Court for defaming Republican President Michael Sata. This is according to Date: May 30, 2012 Person/ institution: Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Labour Violation/ issue: Other On 30 May 2012, the Zambian Government, through the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Labour, announced that it had issued full broadcasting licences to one private (1) tel- 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\" $OHUW