Twilight of a Despot: A documented record of the assault on press freedom in Zimbabwe, 1999 to the present.
COUNTRY SUMMARIES FOR ZIMBABWE: 1999 | 2000 | 2001
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| ZIMBABWE: Journalists’ case is referred to higher court POSTED July 25, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Journalists’ lawyer argues for referral to higher court POSTED July 22, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Deportation order for U.S. journalist suspended POSTED July 17, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: US journalist acquitted but ordered to leave country POSTED July 15, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government imposes harsh licensing fees on journalists POSTED June 19, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Foreign correspondent on trial, risks two years in jail POSTED June 11, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Arrests of journalists continue POSTED May 22, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Charges dropped against journalist POSTED May 7, 2002 |
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ZIMBABWE: Three independent reporters arrested |
| ZIMBABWE: Prominent editor arrested POSTED April 16, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Reporter released without charge after 72 hours in detention POSTED April 1, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Jailed journalist charged under harsh new press law POSTED March 29, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ calls for release of journalist POSTED March 28, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Mugabe signs restrictive media bill POSTED March 15, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Foreign journalists denied visas POSTED February 28, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Office of independent newspaper bombed POSTED February 11, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ disturbed by passage of media bill POSTED February 1, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government set to amend restrictive new media law POSTED January 17, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ condemns pending media bill POSTED January 7, 2002 |
| ZIMBABWE: Foreign Correspondents Association created Posted December 13, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: New security bill may restrict independent press, state paper reports Posted November 28, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ condemns arrest of editor Posted November 8, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Independent press under siege Posted August 23, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Journalist on alleged government death list summoned by police Posted August 21, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government grows more hostile to the press as election nears Posted August 16, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Popular editor and three colleagues arrested Posted August 15, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ delegation visits Harare to support local press Posted July 26, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government bans political TV program Posted June 6, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Information minister fails to gag weekly paper Posted April 19, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ calls on President Mugabe to drop defamation charges against newspaper Posted April 6, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ delegation meets ambassador, deplores worsening press conditions Posted March 20, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government orders expulsion of foreign correspondent Posted February 16, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: “Unpatriotic” newspaper bombed Posted January 29, 2001 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government to silence independent papers “once and for all” Posted November 2, 2000 |
| ZIMBABWE: Soldiers assault four international journalists during riots Posted October 19, 2000 |
| ZIMBABWE: Police defied Supreme Court in raid on radio station Posted October 6, 2000 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government drags heels on private broadcast license Posted October 2, 2000 |
| ZIMBABWE: Government drags heels on private broadcast license Posted October 2, 2000 |
| “Like a Walk in a Minefield”: Results of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections signal new dangers for the independent press. By Ray Choto. Posted July 13, 2000 [Read the report] |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ protests intimidation of journalists covering election Posted June 21, 2000 [more] [Read CPJ’s protest letter] |
| ZIMBABWE: Three journalists fined in criminal defamation case Posted June 20, 2000 [more] |
| ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court dismisses charges against two tortured journalists Posted May 23, 2000 [more] |
| ZIMBABWE: CPJ condemns harassment campaign against Daily News Posted April 27, 2000 [Read CPJ’s protest letter] |
| ZIMBABWE: AP photographer arrested at site of Daily News bombing Posted April 27, 2000 [more] |
| ZIMBABWE: Tortured journalists to face trial for reporting on coup plot Posted September 28, 1999 [more] |
| ZIMBABWE: Military Police Torture Journalists Posted January 23, 1999 [more] |