F reedom of expression in Mozambique is exercised by citizens and journalists of independent media, except the media controlled by the government (Televisão de Moçambique, Rádio Moçambique and the newspaper Notícias), where there is more self-censorship. The same freedom is amplified by social media, where citizens express themselves without fear, seeing that there are plenty of situations for sharing information freely and of “public outrage” at the management of public affairs. In 2015, there was a government attempt to instil fear at the universities and on social media sites. For example, the murder of university professor and constitutional law expert Giles Cistac for his academic position on matters relating to autonomous provinces, an attempt to introduce a draft Law on the Regulation of Electronic Transactions and the prosecution and trial of the economist Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco and two journalists, Fernando Veloso and Fernando Mbanze. The first for writing a letter on his Facebook page criticising the government of former President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza, and journalists Fernando Mbanze and Fernando Veloso for reproducing the economist’s letter in their respective newspapers, Media Fax and Canal de Moçambique. Both the death of the constitutional law expert as well as the trial of the economist and the two journalists remain unresolved. The criminal police is yet to publicly clarify the circumstances that led to the death of the academic and as for the trial of the journalists, although the defendants were acquitted by the court of the City of Maputo, the public prosecutor appealed to the Supreme Court for a final 44 So This is Democracy? 2015 outcome. These are all clear signs of attempts to create fear and limit the space for the exercise of freedom of expression. With regard to the Broadcasting Law, it must be stressed that there is no law that regulates this media sector. Broadcasting is currently governed by the Press Law 18/91, of 10 August, which is very out of step with the growing broadcasting industry, although there was an attempt to create the draft of a law in a joint effort by the Information Office and the National Trade Union of Journalists (SNJ), FORCOM and MISA-Mozambique, but the process stalled. The migration from analogue to digital is one of the current issues that has attracted a lot of criticism from civil society and professional communication organisations. The problem of digital migration has to do with the way of process is being conducted, culminating in it being awarded to Startimes Software Technology Co. The process involves irregularities that will harm the state, citizens in general and in particular the private sector working in the radio and television sectors. The first major issue is that the deal will cost state coffers $ 300 million dollars and will directly benefit the company of the family of the former head of state Right to Information Law The constitution of the Republic of Mozambique, in Article No. 48 establishes that any Mozambican citizen has the right to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and right to information. Access to information is one of the main issues in contemporary Mozambique, given that we live in an era of two-way information flow to satisfy a number of public and private uses; the lack of inter-