Alerts | Physical attack by authorities

Harare journalist assaulted by police, forced to delete video footage

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A freelance journalist, Panashe Makufa, was beaten up by the police and froced to delete the footage on his camera on April 4 in the capital Harare.The journalist had gathered footage of a police operation to disperse people as part of their enforcement of the national lockdown.

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