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These reports are compiled by our monitors and are intended to outline developments that occurred that impinge or are likely to impinge on the public’s free expression rights, which include access to information. A violation of freedom of information entails anything that unjustifiably stifles the public’s access to information by, for example, closing down channels for accessing such information, threats and harassment of media workers, or curtailing the public’s right to freedom of expression, assembly and association
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Disclaimer
The information contained in this report has been obtained from mainstream print and electronic media and as such the report is not intended to be and cannot be regarded as an exhaustive record of all information rights violations that occurred in Zimbabwe during the period under review. The PIRF does not take responsibility for inaccuracies or exaggeration of information reported in the media.
PIRF Reports 2007
PIRF April 2007
The number of violations reported in the month of April decreased from a total of 53 violations that were reported in the month of March to a total of 35 violations. Below is a table that summarises the violations of the month of April.
