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Editor
remanded
MISA-Zimbabwe
March 29, 2007
Bright Chibvuri,
the editor of the Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) publication, The Worker, who
was arrested in Plumtree on 3 March 2007 on allegations of practicing
journalism without accreditation was on 27 March 2007 further remanded
out of custody to 26 April 2007.
Chibvuri spent
two nights in police custody following his arrest on allegations
of practicing journalism without accreditation under the repressive
Access to
Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
He was only
released on 5 March 2007 when he appeared before a Plumtree magistrate
on charges of contravening Section 83 of AIPPA which penalises the
practice of journalism without accreditation.
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