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Contributor [1]
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 02:00
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Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
236 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Beatrice Mtetwa, a Zimbabwean lawyer and human rights activist, was named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in December by the legal and human rights campaigning group Liberty. She also received the International Press Freedom Award this year, issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Mtetwa fights for the right to press freedom in a country currently facing an economic meltdown. In this article, The Mail & Guardian Online asks Mtetwa about the greatest challenge facing an ordinary Zi...read more [4]

Beatrice Mtetwa, a Zimbabwean lawyer and human rights activist, was named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in December by the legal and human rights campaigning group Liberty. She also received the International Press Freedom Award this year, issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Mtetwa fights for the right to press freedom in a country currently facing an economic meltdown. In this article, The Mail & Guardian Online asks Mtetwa about the greatest challenge facing an ordinary Zimbabwean, the struggles of the Zimbabwean media and the latest clampdown on the people - the Zimbabwean travel ban.

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ICT, Media & Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/31049 [6]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [7]

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