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    <title>IFEX - Zimbabwe</title>
    <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/</link>
    <description>Zimbabwe</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Courthouse filming lands journalist in jail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/03/02/manyere_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the third time this year that award-winning photojournalist and videographer Andrison Shadreck Manyere has been arrested.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/03/02/manyere_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free expression abuses pervasive under power-sharing agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/24/power_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's power-sharing agreement recognised the right to freedom of expression last year, but the media remain muzzled and journalists continue to face intimidation and arrest, report IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/24/power_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican journalist arrested in Zimbabwe despite proper accreditation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/mexican_journalist_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalist was arrested by state security agents as he was attempting to film tourist attractions in the town of Masvingo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/mexican_journalist_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Media remain muzzled as attempts at reform fail, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/reform_failure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[No licences for independent media have been issued by the power-sharing government and journalists face intimidation and arrest for appearing to oppose the ZANU-PF party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/reform_failure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Privately-owned newspaper "The Zimbabwean" harassed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/madzimure_mutandiro_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Criminal charges of "publishing falsehoods" have been brought against the directors of the company that distributes the paper.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/02/18/madzimure_mutandiro_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freelance journalist arrested once again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/19/manyere_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photojournalist Andrison Manyere was arrested in Harare while covering a march by members of the Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise pressure groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/19/manyere_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist flees country following death threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/18/kwenda_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the publication of a story in "The Zimbabwean" newspaper, freelancer Stanley Kwenda was reportedly told that he would "not survive the weekend."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/18/kwenda_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[MISA statement on Zimbabwe Media Commission appointments]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/18/zmc_appointments/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The media commission could still be used to enforce the repressive provisions of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, says MISA. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2010/01/18/zmc_appointments/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[MISA issues statement on shortwave radio broadcasts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/22/shortwave_radio_stations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MISA finds it unfortunate that the political parties that are now in the inclusive government have misunderstood the purpose of shortwave radio stations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/22/shortwave_radio_stations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalists barred from ZANU-PF congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/16/zaba_and_zhangazha_barred/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalists were simply told that they were not welcome at the venue where the congress was being held.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/16/zaba_and_zhangazha_barred/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Permanent secretary for media admits to state monopoly over broadcast industry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/08/state_monopoly_admission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The permanent secretary also alleged that an agreement exists between the United States and Botswana to broadcast anti-government propaganda into Zimbabwe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/12/08/state_monopoly_admission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[State broadcaster suspends employees for leaking information]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/11/10/broadcaster_suspends_employees/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three employees with the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) were suspended  from their positions for 10 days after being accused of leaking information on a government directive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/11/10/broadcaster_suspends_employees/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[State media banned from covering opposition party ministers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/27/state_media_censored/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[State-controlled media have reportedly been ordered to stop covering MDC-T ministers until the party reverses its decision to suspend contact with Zanu PF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/27/state_media_censored/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Al Jazeera news crew briefly detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/26/al_jazeera_crew_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Al-Jazeera news crew was detained in a holding cell at a government building and interrogated for three hours.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/26/al_jazeera_crew_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Media lawyer pleads not guilty to contempt of court]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/20/muchadehama_pleads_not_guilty/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 14 October 2009, lawyer Alec Muchadehama, who is representing freelance journalist Shadreck Manyere, pleaded not guilty to charges of contempt of court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/10/20/muchadehama_pleads_not_guilty/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court verdict quashes case against human rights activist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/09/30/application_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Court's verdict quashes the case against Mukoko, in which she was being charged with banditry, sabotage and terrorism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/09/30/application_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[MISA denounces priority given to new state-owned newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/09/10/arbitrary_newspaper_licencing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The launch of a new state-controlled daily newspaper is reflective of the skewed and undemocratic media environment in the country, says MISA.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/09/10/arbitrary_newspaper_licencing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[IFJ gives cautious welcome to pledges of media reforms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/08/28/media_reforms/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ and its affiliate, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), cautiously welcomed recent announcements made by the coalition government in its effort to turn over a new leaf on six years of intimidation and stifling of independent journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/08/28/media_reforms/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Speaker of Parliament defends media commission interview process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/08/10/interviewing_process_defended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo denied reports of the alleged concealing of results for the interviews of potential candidates to the Zimbabwe Media Commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/08/10/interviewing_process_defended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special committee gives go ahead for "Daily News" licence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/31/daily_news_licence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The popular mass circulating newspaper banned in 2003 is set to bounce back after it was granted a licence to resume operations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/31/daily_news_licence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ban on BBC and CNN lifted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/30/bbc_cnn_ban_lifted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwean government has lifted a ban which prevented the BBC and CNN from operating in Zimbabwe. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/30/bbc_cnn_ban_lifted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government scraps import duty on newspapers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/import_duty_scrapped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government has scrapped the 40 percent import duty on foreign newspapers distributed in Zimbabwe. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/import_duty_scrapped/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist sues state over illegal detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/manyere_files_lawsuit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Freelance photojournalist and 15 members of the MDC-T filed a lawsuit against the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs and State Security agents following their alleged abduction, unlawful detention and deprivation of liberty.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/manyere_files_lawsuit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[MISA questions media commission's hiring process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/zmc_functions_defined/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MISA raises several issues with the hiring process for the country's new media commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/23/zmc_functions_defined/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[State concedes Mukoko's detention was illegal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/06/illegal_abduction/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[State prosecutors have conceded in court that security agents abducted and illegally detained journalist Jestina Mukoko.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/06/illegal_abduction/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government backs down on accreditation policy for journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/06/government_retracts_statements/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity said it will follow a provisional High Court order granted in favour of four freelance journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/06/government_retracts_statements/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[African Commission rules in favour of MISA, IJAZ, and ZLHR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/01/achpr_ruling/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) recommended that the government should "decriminalise" offences relating to the accreditation and the practice of journalism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/07/01/achpr_ruling/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[New information and communications technology bill proposed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/25/ict_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MISA-Zimbabwe notes with interest the announcement of a new Information and Communications Technology Bill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/25/ict_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police assault photographer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/25/nyandima_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A chief photographer with the state-controlled national daily "The Herald" was assaulted by police in Harare while covering a demonstration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/25/nyandima_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist threatened following publication of article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/18/chitagu_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A journalist has taken legal action against the provincial chairperson who threatened her following the publication of an article in which she is alleged to have been involved in a criminal activity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/18/chitagu_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security officials defy High Court order allowing journalists to cover summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/11/comesa_summit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security details and secretariat personnel at the ongoing Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Heads of State and Government summit in Victoria Falls barred four freelance journalists from covering the event]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/11/comesa_summit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magistrate grants application by lawyer accused of "obstructing the course of justice"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/04/muchadehama_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Harare magistrate Catherine Chimanda granted an application for refusal of remand by prominent media and human rights lawyer, Alec Muchadehama.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/04/muchadehama_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA["Zimbabwe Independent" editors to stand trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/01/kahiya_chimakure_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Harare Magistrate Catherine Chimanda ruled that newspaper editors Vincent Kahiya and Constantine Chimakure should appear for trial on 16 June.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/06/01/kahiya_chimakure_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prime Minister says no legal obligation for media to register until commission is formed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/29/no_obligation_to_register/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Addressing a press conference in the capital, Tsvangirai fell short of saying media organisations may start new newspapers without registration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/29/no_obligation_to_register/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Foreign journalists welcome to do their job, says PM]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/27/foreign_journalists_welcomed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced last week that foreign journalists are free to report from Zimbabwe, where many have previously been banned and others arrested and harassed, report the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and news reports. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/27/foreign_journalists_welcomed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[MISA expresses concern over ACHPR case processing delays]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/20/concerns_over_delays/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MISA-Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights expressed serious concern over the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights' delays in considering cases brought before the Commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/20/concerns_over_delays/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Media defense lawyer arrested ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/15/lawyer_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police in Zimbabwe should immediately release Alec Muchadehama, a prominent human rights lawyer targeted for his work on behalf of journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere and others, the Committee to Protect Journalists said]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/15/lawyer_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[High court grants bail to detained photojournalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/15/manyere_bail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 13 May 2009, High Court Judge Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to detained freelance photojournalist Shadreck Andrisson Manyere and his co-accused, Gandhi Mudzingwa and Chris Dhlamini]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/15/manyere_bail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newspaper editors face charges, arrested and released on bail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/14/zimind_editors_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 11 May 2009, "Zimbabwe Independent" editors Vincent Kahiya and Constantine Chimakure were arrested on charges of publishing or communicating a statement wholly or with the intention of undermining public confidence in law enforcement agents, under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/14/zimind_editors_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jestina Mukoko granted bail; Shadreck Manyere rearrested, denied bail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/07/jestina_mukoko_granted_bail_shadreck/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 6 May 2009, former news reader with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project Jestina Mukoko was granted bail by Harare Magistrate, Catherine Chimanda after the defence reached a mutual agreement with the Attorney General's office to that effect.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 09:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/05/07/jestina_mukoko_granted_bail_shadreck/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police launch manhunt for recently released journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/29/police_launch_manhunt_for_recently/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 24 April 2009, Zimbabwe's police launched a search for freelance journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere who was recently released on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison together with co-accused Movement for Democratic Change activists Gandhi Mudzingwa and Kisimusi Dhlamini.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:21:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/29/police_launch_manhunt_for_recently/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freelance photojournalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere finally released on bail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/22/photojournalist_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - Freelance photojournalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere was on 17 April 2009 finally released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison following a successful bail application submitted before Justice Charles Hungwe of the High court on 9 April.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/22/photojournalist_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Photojournalist Anderson Manyere granted bail, but state prosecutor appeals order]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/15/photojournalist_anderson_manyere/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 9 April 2009, High Court Judge Charles Hungwe granted bail to freelance photojournalist Anderson Manyere. As part of his bail conditions Manyere was ordered to deposit US$1,000 with the Clerk of Court and to report once a week at the Malbereign police station.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:57:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/15/photojournalist_anderson_manyere/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freelance journalist Kudzai Musengi kidnapped, later released, warned against reporting on land issue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/02/freelance_journalist_kudzai_musengi/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 31 March 2009, Gweru-based freelance journalist Kudzai Musengi was abducted by three unknown men who took him into their car and blindfolded him before speeding off to a wooded area where he was subjected to intense interrogations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:21:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/04/02/freelance_journalist_kudzai_musengi/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Poetry Day commemorated; poet Julius Chingono briefly detained for performing poem deemed "offensive"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/26/world_poetry_day_commemorated_poet/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - The following is a 23 March 2009 MISA press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/26/world_poetry_day_commemorated_poet/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court denies request to end detention of freelance photojournalist Shadreck Anderson Manyere]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/26/court_denies_request_to_end_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 24 March 2009, Harare magistrate Memory Chigwaza dismissed an application by freelance photojournalist Shadreck Anderson Manyere to reject the state's application to remand him further.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA["Bulawayo Chronicle" journalists charged with criminal defamation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/25/bulawayo_chronicle_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a 23 March 2009 letter to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/25/bulawayo_chronicle_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist and rights activist Jestina Mukoko further remanded]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/24/journalist_and_rights_activist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was on 20 March 2009 remanded to 9 April to allow the state to prepare its indictment papers and formerly charge her at the next remand date.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:06:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/24/journalist_and_rights_activist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa faces possible arrest for "contempt of court"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/16/human_rights_lawyer_beatrice_mtetwa/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 13 March 2009 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:19:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe/2009/03/16/human_rights_lawyer_beatrice_mtetwa/</guid>
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