| Victim/
Concerned Party |
Violation
/ Event / Issue |
Date
|
Status
of matter |
| Toby
Harnden and Julian Simmonds, journalists with the London Sunday
Telegraph |
The
pair were arrested on 31 March on the day Zimbabwe held its
parliamentary elections on allegations of covering the elections
without accreditation under the Access to Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). |
4
April 2005 |
The
pair filed an urgent application with the High Court for their
release after they failed to appear in court three days after
their arrest. |
| SADC
Election Observer Mission |
The
SADC Mission criticised Zimbabwe's media environment
and called on the government to create an enabling environment
that allows for equitable access to the state media by citizens
across the socio-political and economic divide. |
5
April 2005 |
The
pair was paid more than $20 million in damages and interest
for the torture and unlawful arrest they suffered following
publication of the story. |
| Toby
Harnden, Julian Simmonds, journalists with the Sunday Telegraph |
Accused
of covering Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections without
accreditation and violating the country's Immigration
Laws. |
14
April 2005 |
Their
lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa applied for their acquittal arguing
that the State had failed to prove its case against the two.
The Norton magistrate Never Diza acquitted the British journalists
on 14 April 2005. The journalists had argued that they were
in the country as tourists and not for purposes of covering
the elections. |
| Davison
Maruziva, Savious Kwinika, editor and reporter with the Standard
weekly newspaper. |
Maruziva
was charged with abusing journalistic privilege by allegedly
publishing falsehoods in terms of Section 80 (c) (i) of the
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The charges
followed the publication on 10 April 2005 of a story alleging
that some ballot papers had gone missing during the March
2005 parliamentary elections. |
20
April 2005 |
The
police said they would proceed by way of summons after recording
their warned and cautioned statements. |
