Zimbabwe journalists suffer as regime tightens grip

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Fanuel Mapfumo has been unable to lift heavy objects since a Zimbabwe police officer fractured his left arm as he was covering a story last August.

From covering police violence at Zimbabwe protests, journalists themselves have become targets

Rights groups have accused Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa of persistently violating human rights since he took office in 2018. Mugabe was toppled by a military putsch in 2017 after 37 years in power, which led some of the country’s embattled media professionals to hope for better days.Costa Nkomo, 30, was injured by police officers in January while reporting on a skirmish with unlicensed street vendors in downtown Harare.

“We managed to push them out of the office,” said Nkomo, who took refuge on the balcony with a dozen fellow reporters.That incident caused outrage, prompting the government to promise an investigation. But the press cards issued by the government to allow reporters to do their job do not always guarantee protection.

 

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