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Zim to have new media commission

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:14:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's parliament has begun the process of establishing the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), days after the High Court declared the Media and Information Commission (MIC) defunct and ordered that it stop accrediting of journalists.
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May, a difficult month for Zimbabwean journalists

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:16:00 +0200

Journalists in Zimbabwe continue to be arrested amid a newly launched 100-day plan to deal with the country's insolvency, human rights abuses and other troubles. Over the past month, four journalists, 18 human rights activists and a media lawyer have been arrested. Two other journalists are shortly due to appear in court to face charges of defamation.
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Zimbabwe media defense lawyer arrested

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:44:00 +0200

NEW YORK: Police in Zimbabwe should immediately release Alec Muchadehama, a prominent human rights lawyer targeted for his work on behalf of journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere and others, the Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday, 14 May 2009.
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Zimbabwe: Laws used to 'criminalise journalism', minister

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:10:00 +0200

HARARE: A senior Zimbabwean government official has admitted that laws passed by the previous administration were still being used to "criminalise journalism" and needed to be changed, after two more journalists were arrested earlier this week.
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Rights-Zimbabwe: Journalists spurn govt summit on press freedom

Fri, 08 May 2009 11:31:00 +0200

BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe's unity government is stuttering in its attempt at restoring press freedom in a country which had once branded independent journalists as ‘enemies of the state'.
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Zimbabwe: Media to boycott reform conference

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:54:00 +0200

HARARE: The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) have called for a media reform conference taking place this week to be boycotted after two Zimbabwean journalists were arrested for the second time.
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Zim: Fixed line licence sets off row in government

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +0200

Plans by Information and Communications Technology Minister Nelson Chamisa to re-issue TeleAccess (Zimbabwe) a second fixed line operator's licence had incensed President Robert Mugabe, sources said.
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Zim: Internet survives fall in media demand

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:18:00 +0200

The internet survived a slump in patronage or visibility that affected all the other media in Zimbabwe from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008, the Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (ZAMPS) survey has revealed.
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Zimbabwean journalists placed on EU sanctions list

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:08:00 +0200

Seven journalists and senior managers with the state media have been added to the European Union's (EU) targeted sanctions lists for whipping up a government orchestrated terror campaign before and during the June 2008 presidential runoff.
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Zim: Media caught in the political vice

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:11:00 +0200

HARARE: As the gap between the fierce political rivalries of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) narrows, there are fears that the independent media will be squeezed even more.
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