Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws
Covid-19

Journalist arrested after writing hard-hitting article on Mnangagwa

11.04.2020

Date:
11.04.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Zimbabwe
Alert types:
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws

Matthew Takaona, a former president of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and a consultant with The Mirror was arrested and detained without charge by police in Masvingo today as he was assessing the effects of a government order to reopen vegetable markets in the midst of the COVID-19 threat.

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