Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Botswana - Revision history

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	~~\|breakout=Botswana~~		\|contents=While press freedom was not explicitly protected in the 1966 Constitution of Botswana, it is reasonable to infer that the broadly drawn protections of freedom of expression encompass freedom of the press as well. The guarantee refers to the protection of communication generally, "whether the communication be to the public generally or to any person or class of persons." The exceptions that it offers are also suggestive of application to the press, in its reference to the potential for the coexistence of freedom of expression with law "that is reasonably required for the purpose of protecting the reputations, rights and freedoms of other persons or the private lives of persons concerned in legal proceedings, preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, maintaining the authority and independence of the courts, regulating educational institutions in the interests of persons receiving instruction therein, or regulating the technical administration or the technical operation of telephony, telegraphy, posts, wireless, broadcasting or television: "
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	~~Chapter II, Section 12, subsection 2 of~~ the ~~[[Probable year::~~ 1966]] Botswana ~~Constitution states~~ that ~~“Nothing contained in or done under~~ the ~~authority~~ of any ~~law shall be held~~ to ~~be inconsistent~~ with or in ~~contravention~~ of ~~this section to~~ the ~~extent that~~ the ~~law~~ in ~~question makes provision…regulating~~ the technical administration or the technical operation of telephony, telegraphy, posts, wireless, broadcasting or ~~television” (Constitute Project, “Botswana's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 1966]] with Amendments through [[Probable year~~:~~: 2005]]” ).~~

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			1966 Constitution of Botswana: https://botswanalaws.com/consolidated-statutes/constitution-of-botswana
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	Chapter II, Section 12, subsection 2 of the [[Probable year::1966]] Botswana Constitution states that “Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision…regulating the technical administration or the technical operation of telephony, telegraphy, posts, wireless, broadcasting or television” (Constitute Project, “Botswana's Constitution of [[Probable year::1966]] with Amendments through [[Probable year::2005]]” ).		Chapter II, Section 12, subsection 2 of the [[Probable year:: 1966]] Botswana Constitution states that “Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision…regulating the technical administration or the technical operation of telephony, telegraphy, posts, wireless, broadcasting or television” (Constitute Project, “Botswana's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 1966]] with Amendments through [[Probable year:: 2005]]” ).


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Chapter II, Section 12, subsection 2 of the [[Probable year::1966]] Botswana Constitution states that “Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision…regulating the technical administration or the technical operation of telephony, telegraphy, posts, wireless, broadcasting or television” (Constitute Project, “Botswana's Constitution of [[Probable year::1966]] with Amendments through [[Probable year::2005]]” ).

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