Reports – Committee to Protect Journalists

Namibia: Undoing Press Freedom

October 1, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

Namibian journalists worry that President Nujoma is tightening his grip on the media.

9-11: Looking Back, Looking Forward

September 11, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

In the months following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, journalists around the world confronted an unprecedented press freedom crisis.

Zimbabwe Special Report: Not Again

August 1, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

Amid repeated threats of imprisonment, a Zimbabwean journalist tells of his time behind bars.

Zimbabwe: 1999 to the present

July 25, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

Twilight of a Despot: A documented record of the assault on press freedom in Zimbabwe, 1999 to the present.

Zimbabwe Chart

July 11, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

Zimbabwean journalists arrested and charged since Mugabe’s re-election on March 15 Name Date of arrest Charges Action Article or issue leading to charges Peta Thornycroft Mail and Guardian (South Africa); Daily Telegraph (UK) March 27 Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Released without charge, March 31 Investigating reports that supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party…

Zimbabwe Special Report: On a Rampage

July 11, 2002 8:17 PM EDT

New York, July 11, 2002–Tomorrow, Andrew Meldrum, a U.S. citizen and the Zimbabwe correspondent for the London-based Guardian newspaper, will go to trial on charges of “abusing journalistic privileges” and “publishing false information.” On July 22, his colleagues at Zimbabwe’s independent Daily News, reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, editor-in-chief Geoff Nyarota, and staff writer Collin Chiwanza, will…