ZIA Network

Zimbabwe / Police summon freelance journalist for questioning

HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 31, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Freelance journalist Stanley Gama was on 30 March 2010 summoned to Harare Central Police Station where he was questioned in connection with an article that appeared in the Zimbabwean edition of The Sunday Times published in South Africa.

Zimbabwe urged to allow debate on past human rights violations after police block art exhibitions

HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 31, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Amnesty International today called on Zimbabwe’s Government to end repression of public debate on past and ongoing human rights violations, following the detention of a well known artist for work depicting atrocities committed in the 1980’s.

Zimbabwe / Minister calls for harassment of journalists to stop

HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 31, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Journalists should not be harassed or arrested while conducting their lawful professional duties, the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Webster Shamu said in Harare on 28 March 2010.

South Africa / IOM Report Finds Migrants Entering Musina from Zimbabwe Vulnerable to Human Trafficking

PRETORIA, South Africa, March 26, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Press Briefing Notes

A report released this week by the IOM office in Musina, in South Africa’s