| Victim/Concerned
Party |
Violation/Event |
Date |
Status
of the matter |
| Aaron Ufumeli,
Newsday photojournalist |
Arrested
while covering a demonstration organised by the women's
movement in Africa Unity Square in Harare. |
17 July
2012 |
He was
released after police spokesperson Inspector James Sabau liaised
with the arresting details and after the photos he had taken
were deleted from his camera. |
| Freelance
journalist Thomas Madhuku |
He is being
charged under Section 79 of the Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act on allegations
of tampering with the voters roll and practicing journalism
without accreditation. He was arrested at the Registrar- General's
Office in Harare . |
23 July
2012 |
Harare
magistrate released Anita Tshuma released on 27 July 2012 on
$50 bail. |
| Standard
editor Nevanji Madanhire, reporter Patience Nyangove, and Alfa
Media Holdings human resources manager. |
Charged
with Criminal Defamation following a publication in The Standard
issue of 26 June-2 July 2011 titled:MDC-T fears for missing
Timba. |
1 August
2012 |
Remanded
to 4 December 2012 while awaiting the Supreme Court ruling on
their application challenging that the charge infringed on their
right to freely express themselves and to disseminate information
without fear or favour. |
| Minister
of Media, Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu |
The Minister
threatened to revoke the operating licenses of media organisations
which he accused of abusing media freedom to denounce the country
and its leadership. |
12 September
2012 |
Shamu said
he would work together with the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission
to revoke the licences. |
| DDB Hash
3 |
Police
raided the news
agency on suspicion that it was operating an illegal television
station and arrested its employees and seized broadcasting equipment
for allegedly contravening the Broadcasting Services Act. |
26 September
2012 |
Employees
arrested and broadcasting property seized. |
| Crispen
Sachikonye, African Open Media Initiative (Private) Limited |
Police
raided the news agency on suspicion that it was operating an
illegal television station and arrested its employees and seized
broadcasting equipment for allegedly contravening the Broadcasting
Services Act. |
26 September
2012
27 September 2012
|
Sachikonye
denied the allegations saying they were in fact operating a
news agency which is duly registered in terms of the law. |
