Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Journalist arrested after writing hard-hitting article on Mnangagwa

Date:
Number of cases:
Regions/Countries:
Alert types:

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.

Become a member

IPI membership is open to anyone active in the field of journalism, in news media outlets, as freelancers, in schools of journalism or in defence of press freedom rights, who supports the principle of freedom of the press and desires to co-operate in achieving IPI’s objectives.

Become a member

Latest