Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga jailed over interviews with war veteran
Lusaka, February 26, 2025—CPJ calls on Zimbabwean authorities to free broadcast journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been in detention since February 24 on charges of incitement in connection to his critical interviews with a war veteran. “It is absolutely shameful that Blessed Mhlanga has been thrown behind bars simply because he gave voice to a…
Zimbabwean opposition party members threaten, obstruct journalists at political meeting
On December 18, 2022, political activists and security personnel affiliated with the Movement for Democratic Change, a Zimbabwean opposition party, threatened a group of journalists covering the party’s meeting in Harare, the capital, according to news reports, a report by the Zimbabwean chapter of the regional press freedom group Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA),…