SECTOR 1 democratic context. All of these are clear signals of an intensification of fear and the reduction of spaces for the exercising of freedom of expression. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.4 (2005 = 3.0; 2007 = 2.9; 2009 = 3.0; 2011 = 2.6) 1.3 There are no laws or parts of laws restricting freedom of expression such as excessive official secret, libel acts, legal requirements that restrict the entry into the journalistic profession or laws that unreasonably interfere with the functions of media. In Mozambique, almost 25 years after the approval of the first democratic CRM, there are laws or parts of laws which restrict freedom of the press, specifically Law number 12/79 of December 12 (Law of State Secrets), Law number 19/91, of August 18 (Law of Crimes against State Security), Law Number 16/2012, of August 14 (Law of Public Probity) and the Press Law itself (Law number 18/91, of August 10). This completely or partially restrictive trend is based on the following: • 70 The Law of State Secrets: drawn up in the context of a single party and war, this legal instrument, although it was not aimed specifically at the media, does impact on it, as it restricts access to documents containing information which is in the public interest and therefore journalistically relevant. In addition to this, the fact of criminalizing possible publication of such documents, not referred to much less listed, leaving everything (Article 2) to the criteria, perhaps arbitrary, of the Head of the SNASP (National Department of Public Security), now AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014