SECTOR 1 In the case of defamation, the range of entities protected as State entities extends beyond secretary generals of political parties to include “bodies exercising public authority” - a broad and ambiguous reference. In these cases, ofenders can be punished with three months to two years in prison and a corresponding ine. • Law 12/79 of 12 December (Law on State Secrecy), establishes the legal system for protecting State secrecy. It was introduced in a revolutionary environment that followed 16 years of armed conlict (1976-1992), and is still in force today. Article 1 of this law protects State secrecy, which includes all documents containing classiied facts and information. Article 4 of the law deines “classiied documents” as follows: Classiied documents are “those containing military, political, economic, commercial, scientiic, technical or any other data or information, the disclosure of which jeopardizes, undermines, contradicts or disturbs the security of the State and the people, or the country’s economy”. • Law 18/91, of 10 August (Press Law): In Article 29, the Press Law blocks access to sources of information in cases involving the secrecy of justice or facts considered military or State secrets. hree problems emerge from this Article: he irst concerns the vague list of the diferent categories of limits (secrecy of justice, military secrecy and State secrecy). he second is the absence of any deinition of these categories, and the third and possibly the most serious, is the failure to appoint an institution as the authority that classiies information as being a military secret or a State secret. his power is left in the hands of undeined “competent entities”. 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: 1.9 (2005 = 3.3; 2007 = 1.9; 2009 = 2.9) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2011 81