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Statement
on the re-detention of journalists and human rights defenders
Media Alliance
of Zimbabwe (MAZ)
May 05, 2009
The Media Alliance
of Zimbabwe advises members of the Zimbabwean public, the Ministry
of Media, Information and Publicity, and Members of Parliament of
its decision not to attend the Zimbabwe
All Stakeholders Media Conference scheduled for this week from
the 6th to the 9th of May 2008 in Kariba.
This decision
was made following the re-arrest and detention of human rights defenders,
in particular Zimbabwe
Peace Project director Ms. Jestina Mukoko and freelance journalist
Mr. Andrisson Manyere on charges that can only be considered political.
It is MAZ's
view that their re-detention represents an apparent abuse of the
judicial process which undermines the spirit and letter of the Global
Political Agreement, especially as regards the restoration of
a political environment that is democratic and respectful of the
rule of law, as well as cognisant of the urgency of ensuring the
security and freedom of human rights defenders and citizens in general.
It is in this context
that MAZ considers it impossible to participate at the government
All Stakeholders Media Conference when human rights defenders and
journalists such as Ms. Mukoko and Mr.Manyere, who are presumed
innocent until proven guilty, continue to be targets of repression.
MAZ remains committed
to engaging the government to ensure that genuine media law and
policy reforms are made in a politically conducive environment,
and according to the letter and spirit of the GPA.
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the MAZ fact
sheet
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