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alert.022396.txt: Editors of The Post go into hiding. (February 23, 1996)
alert.022796.txt: Paramilitary police surround the homes of the newspaper's editors. Head of Zambian parliament declares editors guilty in absentia, without a trial or opportunity to confront witnesses, under Protection of Parliamentary Privileges Act. (Feburary 27, 1996)
alert.030196.txt: Police offer reward for arrest of Post editors. (March 1, 1996)
alert.030496.txt: Editors turn themselves in to face indefinite imprisonment in maximum security penitentiaries -- for crime of criticizing their government. A columnist remains at large. (March 4, 1996)
editorial.030596.txt: Namibian newspaper editorial calling Zambian parliament speaker "a crude tyrant." (Namibia borders Zambia to the south.)
article.030596.txt: Panafrican News Agency reports that detained Post Fred M'membe wins the World Press Review international award. (March 5, 1996)

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