Btv faces suit over news 'blackout'

Lawyer Tshiamo Rantao is acting for the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU), Botswana Land Boards and Local Authorities' Workers Union (BLBLAWU), Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union (BOSETU) and several union officials. 

Rantao said they are going to seek a court order to declare that the failure by Btv to report on the ongoing public service workers' strike is fairly a breach of their clients' freedom of expression.  He stated that his clients have been "denied the freedom to hold opinions without interference and freedom to communicate ideas and information without interference" by Btv.