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Blog | Egypt, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe charges 45 with treason for viewing Egypt footage

By Shehnilla Mohamed/CPJ Africa Staff
Men and women arrested for watching footage of the unrest in Egypt wait outside a Harare courthouse. (Reuters)

The right to receive and impart information is a fundamental human right enshrined in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but in Zimbabwe, watching news of North African and Middle East protests apparently amounts to treason. 

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March 4, 2011 1:56 PM ET |
Tags: AIPPA, Facebook, POSA, Titus Gwemende, Transparency International, Treason
Alerts | Moldova

Journalist given 15 years for espionage in Transdniester

New York, December 17, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the 15-year prison sentence given to independent journalist Ernest Vardanian, who has been held on falsified espionage charges in the unrecognized separatist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) since April. The PMR is commonly known as Transdniester, and broke away from Moldova proper in 1990.
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December 17, 2010 5:05 PM ET |
Tags: Ernest Vardanian, Transdniester, Treason

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