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Vanuatu’s prime minister, Bob Loughman, said that the changes were aimed at addressing how people talk on social platforms, but acknowledgedits effects could be more far-reaching, Vanuatu’s Daily Post newspaper reported on Wednesday. Dr Tess Newton Cain, program leader of the Griffith Asia Institute Pacific Hub, told the Guardian that the broad wording of the amendments to the penal code could have “a significant chilling effect” on journalists and others expressing their opinions on everything from talkback radio to Facebook. She noted that while freedom of expression wa...

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Daily Monitor Saturday April 24 2021 Businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi (right) appears at the Supreme Court early last year during hearing of his appeal against his conviction for murdering 12-year-old Joseph Kasirye in 2012. PHOTO /JULIET KIGONGO. Summary According to the Bill, human sacrifice involves beliefs or faith and dismembering of human body parts, and targets the most vulnerable persons of society such as children and persons with disabilities Advertisement Persons found guilty of committing acts of mutilating and or causing death of another person for purposes of performing a ritual,...

Demystifying consent in a sexual freedom era Saturday April 24 2021 Summary An early all round sex education is required in averting the culture of rape. Teach girls that rape is a serious crime. The culture of silence when rape happens should end and victims should be supported and not blamed. Advertisement Consent around sex has become a major grey area and subject of contention. As a reader, you may have encountered the term consent before in relation to rape. Simply put, consent is the voluntary agreement by somebody to engage in sexual activity. It has to be freely given, knowledgeable ...

Three incidents that transpired lat week, caught my attention. Garba Shehu and the President’s Medical Tourism I watched an interview of Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu last Tuesday, in which he said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to London for a medical check up could not be classified as medical tourism, because he was going to see his Doctors who have been caring for him for the past 30 years! I felt so embarrassed for Nigeria, with that singular statement that Mr Shehu made. It would have been better for Mr Shehu to have responded “no comment” to the question ...