Zimbabwe - Two Standard journalists arrested on libel charge in new threat to independent media

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's arrest of Nevanji Madanhire, the editor of independent weekly The Standard, and Patience Nyangove, one of his reporters, and the charges of criminal defamation and “publication of false statements prejudicial to the state” that have been brought against them. “This latest case of judicial harassment of The Standard's journalists shows that government officials want to censor independent media,” Reporters Without Borders said. “By criminalizing (...)

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