(RSF/IFEX) – On 2 February 2006, the Media and Information Commission finally renewed the accreditation of 15 journalists working for the privately-owned “Zimbabwe Independent” weekly, after forcing it to publish a retraction of an article about the commission that appeared last year. Under Zimbabwe’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a draconian law […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 2 February 2006, the Media and Information Commission finally renewed the accreditation of 15 journalists working for the privately-owned “Zimbabwe Independent” weekly, after forcing it to publish a retraction of an article about the commission that appeared last year.
Under Zimbabwe’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a draconian law governing the country’s news media, it had been illegal for the 15 journalists to work since 27 January because the law stipulates that all journalists must be accredited with the commission.
