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Editors urge lifting of restrictions, end to violations of media freedom
Cape Times (SA)
March 08, 2005

http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=2438432

Continuing violations of media freedom in Zimbabwe did not bode well for that country's imminent election, the SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) said yesterday.

Sanef said the banning of newspapers and harassment of correspondents did not augur well for free and fair parliamentary elections at the end of March.

"Unfettered media are essential for the free flow of information, the exchange of ideas and for voters to formulate opinions on which to base their ballot decisions," said Sanef in a statement.

The body urged the Zimbabwean government to lift all restrictions on journalists and media, including foreign media.

The forum also called on the South African government to make "stronger representations" to Zimbabwe about the necessity for media freedom and to decry publicly all actions to curtail it. - Sapa

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