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Journalist, Assaulted By Police For Photographing Basch Street Terminus Skirmishes Between Touts ,Drivers And Police .

Posted on November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

BULAWAYO police on Thursday assaulted freelance journalist, Crispen Ndlovu, who was taking photographs of skirmishes between ZRP officers and commuter omnibus operators. The skirmishes resulted in most of the commuter omnibus operators suspending operations in protest of what they called constant harassment and extortion from traffic police. The strike left thousands of commuters stranded with most of them failing to travel to their workplaces. The city’s central commuter omnibus rank, Basch Street…

Zimbabwe’s Journalists Arrested On UN Day Against Impunity For Targeting Journalists.

Posted on November 3, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Demands by the Police that The Sunday Mail journalists arrested on November 2 should reveal their sources is a blatant violation of the Constitution, Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, Secretary General, Foster Dongozi has said. “Section 61 of the Constitution under Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media clearly states that every person is entitled to Freedom of the Media, which freedom includes protection of the confidentiality of journalists’ sources of information,” said Dongozi….

Photo Journalist ‘Crispen Ndlovu’, Assaulted By Bulawayo Police

Posted on July 5, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Freelance photographer, Crispen Ndlovu was wrestled and beaten by members of the Police in Bulawayo over the weekend. He told Zimbabwe Union of Journalist (ZUJ) Secretary General, Foster Dongozi, that he had photographed members of the Police beating up a suspected cellphone thief. Police details forced him to delete his photographs which he was later able to recover. He is being monitored by doctors. Dongozi condemned the assault, saying police needed to be schooled that…

AIPPA law- ‘ Journalist sentenced to 1yr in prison for publishing a newspaper without gvt registration’

Posted on June 27, 2015June 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A ZIMBABWEAN journalist has been sentenced to a year in jail for publishing a newspaper without government registration, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) said Friday. Foster Dongozi, ZUJ secretary-general, said Patrick Chitongo was convicted by a magistrate’s court on Thursday and received a one-year prison sentence. “It’s a sad day for press freedom when people are jailed for disseminating information,” Dongozi told AFP. “However, we advise that, much as we disagree with the law…