Weekly Media Updates 2006

DURING the week the private electronic media reported on developments that exposed the authorities’ determination to maintain their stranglehold on the free flow of information by...

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DURING the week acting Information Minister Paul Mangwana repeated his predecessors’ claims that stories reflecting badly on government or the ruling party are fabrications by “...

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THE private media continued to pay attention to rights violations in the country. This week they carried 14 stories on rights abuses and recorded seven new incidents.

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THIS week the Zimbabwe Independent (17/11) exposed the authorities’ determination to stifle critical journalism in the country by flooding the media industry with toothless...

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THE private media continued to expose the country’s poor human rights record. This week they carried 15 stories on rights violations in which they recorded four new incidents. These...

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THE government-controlled media’s role as ZANU PF propagandists was clearly illustrated by their misrepresentation of the local council election results.

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THIS week the government media ignored incidents of electoral violence and other related violations.As has become the norm, only the private media exposed the abuses. They carried 15 reports that...

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ALL print media showed keen interest in the current debate on the controversial Domestic Violence Bill. For once, both sections of the Press provided space for divergent views on the proposed law...

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THIS week the private media exposed suspected attempts by the authorities to purge the country’s justice delivery system of any remaining judicial officers attempting to exercise the...

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THIS week the government-controlled media censored the court’s criticism on the failure by the police to investigate the brutal assault in police custody of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade...

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