By Durrell Namasani
The Lilongwe magistrate court has reserved to tomorrow Friday, its ruling on social media activist Joshua Chisa Mbele’s bail application.
Mbele pleaded not guilty to two counts of criminal libel and publication of offensive material.
He was arrested following his Facebook post of a fake document with alleged names of top government officials implicated in Zuneth Sattar’s corruption case.
As a bail condition, the State wants Joshua Chisa Mbele to be restricted from posting on social media anything relating to this case or anything that has the potential to damage the reputation of others.
But defense counsel Gilbert Khonyongwa is against the limitation of his client’s freedom of expression arguing that the Constitution is clear on limitation of rights.
According to Khonyongwa he does not think the state has met the Constitutional set threshold for limitation of his rights.
