WPF is alarmed by the violent attack on journalists, including a woman journalist, during the internal elections of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Ramotswa.

Michelle Teise, a correspondent for a news outlet, Moeladilotlhoko News Boiler, was arrested on January 28, in Gaborone along with four other colleagues. Michelle was released along with her colleagues on February 7 after police charged them with two counts of criminal trespassing for entering two houses on January 25 and 27. The crew entered the houses in search of Obakeng Badubi, a 37 years old man who had disappeared on January 4, 2021. Michelle, with her fellow reporter and crew, was investigating his disappearance as the outlet publishes the stories of disappeared people.