YEAR | NAME | AFFILIATION | CHARGE | ACTION |
2000 |
Obed Zilwa |
The Associated Press |
None; accused of involvement in bomb attack on defunct Daily News |
Held for three nights; left the country |
Rob Cooper |
The Associated Press |
N/A |
Beaten by Zimbabwean soldiers |
|
2001 |
Mercedes Sayagues |
Mail & Guardian |
N/A |
Expelled; indefinitely banned from entering Zimbabwe |
Joseph Winter |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
N/A |
Expelled; indefinitely banned from entering Zimbabwe |
|
All journalists |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
N/A |
Indefinitely banned |
|
2002 |
All journalists |
The Associated Press |
N/A |
Denied accreditation |
All journalists |
The Sunday Times |
N/A |
Denied visas |
|
All journalists |
Daily Telegraph |
N/A |
Denied visas |
|
Gorrel Espelund |
Sydsvenska Dagbladet |
N/A |
Denied entry |
|
John Murphy |
The Baltimore Sun |
N/A |
Denied visa |
|
Sally Sarae |
Australian Broadcasting Service |
N/A |
Denied accreditation |
|
Peta Thornycroft |
Daily Telegraph, Mail & Guardian |
Violating Public Order and Security Act |
Held four days; released without being charged |
|
2003 |
Andrew Meldrum |
Guardian |
None |
House raided; passport and residence permit seized; deported despite a High Court stay against the deportation |
2005 |
Toby Harnden |
Sunday Telegraph |
Practicing journalism without accreditation |
Two weeks in jail; deported despite acquittal of charges |
Fredrik Sperling |
Sveriges Television |
None |
Deported despite accreditation |
|
Angus Shaw |
The Associated Press |
N/A |
Fled country after police raids to residences |
|
2006 |
Beauty Mokoba Koketso Seofela |
Botswana Television |
Practicing journalism without accreditation; violating immigration laws |
Held for 48 hrs; convicted and fined 5,000 Zimbabwean dollars |
2007 |
Peter Moyo |
e-TV |
Practicing journalism without accreditation |
Held for 48 hours; convicted and fined 4,000 Zimbabwean dollars |
Alexander Perry |
Time |
Practicing journalism without accreditation |
Held for 48 hours; convicted and fined 100 Zimbabwean dollars |