NAME

Date of arrest

Charges

Action

Article or issue leading to charges

Peta Thornycroft
Mail and Guardian (South Africa); Daily Telegraph (UK)

March 27

Public Order and Security Act (POSA)

Released without charge, March 31

Investigating reports that supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party were attacking members of the political opposition

Dumisani Muleya,
Zimbabwe Independent

April 15

Criminal Defamation; charges changed on April 16 to contravening Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act AIPPA

Released "Proceed by way of summons," meaning that charges have not been dropped, and the journalist can be summoned and tried at any time

April 12 article, "First lady's brother in bid to take over local firm"

Iden Wetherell, Zimbabwe Independent

April 17

Same as above

Same as above

Same as above

Geoff Nyarota,
Daily News

April 15

AIPPA

Charged and released "Proceed by way of summons"

April 10 Daily News article about alleged vote rigging in March presidential election

Lloyd Mudiwa,
Daily News

April 30

AIPPA

Charged Appeared in court June 20, adjourned until July 22

April 23 story claiming that youth from the ruling ZANU-PF party beheaded an opposition supporter, an article that the paper later retracted

Collin Chiwanza,
Daily News

April 30

AIPPA

Charged Held in detention until May 2 Charges dropped May 7 State indicated on June 20 to reinstate charges

Same as above

Geoff Nyarota,
Daily News

May 1

AIPPA

Questioned and charged Case to be heard July 22 together with Mudiwa’s case

Same as above

Andrew Meldrum, Guardian (UK)

May 20

AIPPA

Charged and held in detention until May 2 Case went to court in June 12; postponed until July 12

Writing an article about the April 23 Daily News "beheading story"

Brian Mangwende,
Daily News

May 10

AIPPA

Questioned and released

Zanu PF youths forces 107 503 teachers to pay "protection fees" based on PTUZ

Assel Gwekwerere
Daily News

May 7

Questioned and released

Arrested while taking photos of a suspect involved in a multi-million dollar scandal at a police trap

Pius Wakatama,
Daily News

May 6

AIPPA

Charged and released same day

May 4 article, on eviction of a white farming family from their property Also referred to April 23 Daily News ‘beheading story’

Bornwell Chakaodza,
The Standard

May 16

AIPPA

Arrested, charged, and held for three days

Two stories headlined "Deadly riot gear arrives," about the purchase of Israeli equipment, and "Police in sex for freedom deals?," about police extorting sex from prostitutes

Farai Mutsaka,
The Standard

May 16

AIPPA

Arrested and charged, and held for three days

"Deadly riot gear arrives," May 12 edition

Fungayi Kanyuchi,
The Standard

May 16

AIPPA

Arrested, charged, and held for three days

"Police in sex for freedom deals?" in 12 May edition of The Standard

Fungayi Kanyuchi,
The Standard

May 21

Censorship and Entertainment Control Act (CECA)

Charged

Photographs accompanying "Police in sex for freedom deals?," May 12 edition of The Standard

Bornwell Chakaodza,
The Standard

May 21

CECA

Charged

Same as above

Bornwell Chakaodza,
The Standard

May 23

AIPPA

Charged Signed "warned and cautioned" statement Released

Article in May 12 issue, "Another shake-up at Zimpapers," about personnel changes at state-owned media houses

Farai Mutsaka,
The Standard

May 23

AIPPA

Same as above

Same as above

Fungayi Kanyuchi,
The Standard

May 28

AIPPA

Charged

"The private media's burden" May 26th (about jail experiences from May 16)

Bornwell Chakaodza,
The Standard

May 28

AIPPA

Charged

Same as above

Iden Wetherell, Zimbabwe Independent

May 30

CECA

Charged

Wire service picture in the 17 May issue of semi-naked Amazonian men, wearing traditional clothes and playing soccer

Guthrie Munyuki,
Daily News

June 16

POSA

Beaten, arrested, charged, held for 3 days Charges dismissed June

Assaulted while covering opposition MDC rally

Urginia Mauluka,
Daily News

June 16

POSA

Same as above

Same as above

Norna Edwards (Editor) & Kennedy Murwira
Masvingo Mirror

January 3 2003

AIPPA

Arrested for allegedly publishing falsehoods

Remanded out of custody. No date of next hearing is set

ANZ Publishers of The Daily News

January 3 2003

AIPPA

Challenging the Registration requirement

Date for hearing to be set

Nqobile Nyathi
Editor in Chief Fingaz

January 15 2003

POSA

Arrested for publishing adverts by a certain civic group

Released and police to proceed by way of summons

Fanuel Jongwe
Daily News

January 24 2003

AIPPA

Arrested in Zvishavane for allegedly working as journalists without being accredited

Released on 28 January without being charged

The Daily News

January 30 2003

AIPPA

Minister Moyo says the paper is operating illegally in his responding affidavit to the ANZ application challenging the registration requirement.

No date for hearing has been set

Pedzisayi Ruhanya
Daily News

February 3 2003

Arrested for obstructing police duties at the High Court

Released without being charged

Ish Mafundikwa
Freelance

February 3 2003

Same as above

Same as above

Tsvangirai Mukwazhi
Daily News

February 7 2003

Arrested while covering MDC demonstration at the Nigerian High Commission

Released after 3 hours without being charged

Stanely Karombo
Freelance

March 2003

AIPPA

Arrested and detained for 5 days for practicing as without accreditation

Set to appear in court on April 30 2003

Willy Muponda
The Sun

January 15 2003

AIPPA

Questioned and released

Asked to produce his registration certificate after a story in his paper "Ascot man beaten to death by CID Officers"

Tsvangirai Mukwazhi
Daily News

January 28 2003

Trespassing and taking photos of protected area

Arrested and released eight hours later without being charged

Accused of taking photos of protected area (GMB Depot in Bulawayo) after they had gone to interview GMB officials on the food crisis

Gugulethu Moyo
Daily News

March 18

2003

POSA

Tortured and detained. Released on March 20

Tortured after visiting Glen View Police station to secure the release of Philemon Bulawayo who had been arrested while covering the MDC organized mass stay away

Lloyd Mudiwa, Aaron Ufumeli Tsvangirai Mukwazhi Brian Hungwe
Daily News

February 14 2003

POSA

Arrested while covering a women’s march against violence

Released after 3 hours without being charged

The Daily News Crew

February 26 2003

AIPPA

Barred from covering Parliamentary proceeding because they and their paper have not applied for registration and accreditation

The registration and accreditation requirement is being challenged in court by ANZ

Philemon Bulawayo
Daily News

February 19 2003

Beaten by soldiers for taking photos of a queue at a supermarket

Handed over to the police and released without being charged

Geoffrey Nyarota
Former Editor Daily News

February 28 2003

AIPPA

Warrant of arrest issued for failing to appear in court where is facing charges under AIPPA

William Nyamangara
MD Sovereign publishers

March 11 2003

AIPPA

Arrested for allegedly printing subversive materials

Released on the same day and police to proceed by way of summons