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Contributor [1]
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
250 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A second year media student with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo, was arrested while taking photographs during demonstrations by students at the university campus, according to a release from Misa. The student, Fungai Machirori, had been assigned to take photographs of the demonstration as part of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies' training programme when the police pounced on her for "taking photographs without their consent."

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/33352 [5]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [6]

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