Media News - Friday, May 09, 2008
More journalists detained in Zimbabwe
The editor of a Zimbabwean independent weekly newspaper has been arrested for publishing an opinion piece written by an opposition leader. Davison Maruziva, editor of the Sunday paper The Standard, is being held over an article written by Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a splinter faction of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change. In the article, which was published on 20 April, Mr Mutambara delivered a withering critique of Robert Mugabe's rule of Zimbabwe, accusing the veteran president of running down the economy and his security forces of abuses. A Reuters photographer has also been detained in Zimbabwe for allegedly using a satellite phone to file pictures while covering the aftermath of recent elections, Reuters said Thursday. Howard Burditt, a Zimbabwean national, has been in police custody since Monday. Mr Burditt has not been charged. A number of local and foreign journalists have been detained in Zimbabwe since the country held elections on 29 March, including a New York Times correspondent who was later released. (RTE)
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