A 25-year-old man will stand trial in November after Harare Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa granted his application for change of plea from guilty to not guilty. Night Tawona Shadaya, who was…
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Private media journalists were today, 16 October barred from entering the Commission of Inquiry into the post-elections violence that took place on August 1, 2018 in Harare, which is scheduled…
A Harare magistrate recently convicted a man of criminal insult. The charge of criminal insult against Shadaya arose after he retweeted a Tweet sent from an account purportedly belonging to…
Vendors selling the NewsDay and Zimbabwe Independent published by Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) were on 11 October 2018 attacked by some youths who went on to burn the newspapers in…
An official at the Qatar Embassy in Mbabane temporarily detained two senior Swazi Times journalists on Friday 4 October 2018 in what can only be described as a blatant violation…
Experiences from the research Public officials, who in past years had been hostile to citizens when they requested information, have become friendlier but still place barriers to citizens trying to...
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Electronic communications and transactions have been a convenient source of revenue for African governments looking to expand their tax base. In that context Zimbabwe becomes the latest African country to…
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Friday 20 September 2018 ended the two-day detention of Conrad Gweru, a freelance journalist, who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly taking photographs…
Background This short brief highlights media related flashpoints that occurred during the 2018 electoral period. It provides a summary of events that directly and indirectly violated media freedoms in the...
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Response to Allegations Against the Forum by the State Media The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is greatly disturbed by the attempts by the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ)…