rika Radio, Mafeteng Community Radio, Motjoli FM, People’s Choice FM, Radio Lesotho, Radio Spez Nostra, ThaahaKhube FM, Ts’enolo FM and Ultimate Radio. Some of these radio stations were blatantly biased in favour of either the All Basotho Congress (ABC) and the Basotho National Party (BNP), on the one hand, or the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC). Defamation cases Several newspapers are facing defamation cases in the courts of law with complainants demanding huge amounts of money (over US$300,000.00). In some cases some radio stations have appeared before the BroadCasting Dispute Resolution Panel. All the Panel’s resolved disputes were accepted with one exception – the complaint against Mafeteng Community Radio Station. The radio station has filed a case in the courts of law in Maseru requesting the court to put aside the Panel’s ruling that the acting station manager be suspended from air and undergo training until he was seen capable of handling radio programmes well. JOURNALIST SAFETY Two radio journalists, Motsamai Talla and Puseletso Ramokhethi fled the country after allegedly receiving threats from members of the Lesotho Defence Force. A month later Marafaela Mohloboli also left Lesotho after police pressured her to reveal her sources. She was also accused of allegedly leaking records of her conversation with Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ezekiel Senti. A few weeks before the General Election a journalist from MoAfrika FM, David Mtakha was assaulted during an 32 So This is Democracy? 2015 All Basotho Convention rally in Maseru, Lesotho, on 1 February. During the elections, online media platforms proved to be the preferred choice for political conversations and for the first time, politicians and political parties also became active on Facebook. This is when threats to internet freedom emerged. BROADCASTING Progress towards broadcasting diversity The commercial radio sector grew with the introduction of eleven new stations in 2015. A fourth community radio station was also added when the community of Butha-Butha district in northern Lesotho launched of their community radio station, Moeling FM on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. Moeling FM is the country’s fourth community radio after Motjoli FM (Thaba-Tseka Community Radio), Mafeteng Community Radio and DoPE FM of the National University of Lesotho.