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Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 03:00
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Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
83 [3]
Article-Summary: 

While the crackdown on press freedom has long been a part of Zimbabwe's political landscape, the parliament's passing of the Access to Information and Privacy Bill this past January dealt one of the largest blows to media freedom in the country. Geoffrey Nyarota, the editor of the Zimbabwe Daily News, has been arrested five times in the last three years for printing articles critical of the Zimbabwe government. During a recent chat with Digital Freedom Network, Mr. Nyarota discussed the st...read more [4]

While the crackdown on press freedom has long been a part of Zimbabwe's political landscape, the parliament's passing of the Access to Information and Privacy Bill this past January dealt one of the largest blows to media freedom in the country. Geoffrey Nyarota, the editor of the Zimbabwe Daily News, has been arrested five times in the last three years for printing articles critical of the Zimbabwe government. During a recent chat with Digital Freedom Network, Mr. Nyarota discussed the stark perils facing his countrymen and what possibilities lie ahead for a democratic Zimbabwe.

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Human Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/rights/10523 [6]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [7]

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