1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgLauren Wolfehttps://cpj.org/author/lwolfe/Zimbabwe journalists face criminal defamation charges - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1WM0c7foyS"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/07/zimbabwe-journalists-face-criminal-defamation-char/">Zimbabwe journalists face criminal defamation charges</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/07/zimbabwe-journalists-face-criminal-defamation-char/embed/#?secret=1WM0c7foyS" width="600" height="338" title="“Zimbabwe journalists face criminal defamation charges” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="1WM0c7foyS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Nevanji20and20Patience2028The20Standard29.jpg200213New York, July 1, 2011--Detectives today charged private weekly Standard Editor Nevanji Madanhire, reporter Patience Nyangove, and Human Resource Manager Loud Ramakgapola with criminal defamation. The three were arrested at the newspaper's offices in Harare Wednesday morning and later released, local journalists told CPJ.Authorities arrested the three over a story Nyangove wrote on Sunday about the weekend…