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Various media stakeholders have called on government to cease its systematic persecution of journalists while appealing against retrogressive laws enacted to curtail the operation of the media. In its statement to mark the World Press Freedom day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) urged citizens to

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“The UK Is Committed To Media Freedom And The Protection Of Journalists” – Ambassador Catriona Laing

May 3, 2018

author: Guest Columnist

I've been lucky enough to meet many brave and innovative journalists whilst I've been the UK's ambassador to Zimbabwe. I'm only too aware that press freedom was severely threatened under Zimbabwe's previous government. In the years after 2000, dozens of journalists were arrested, foreign correspondents