Foreign Journalists Arrested in Zimbabwe #
April 3rd, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
I’ve been doing my best to avoid being “all Zimbabwe all the time,” but this required noting. The AFP’s reporting that a New York Times correspondent was among those arrested. This roughly my thinking on the matter:
“We are alarmed by reports that foreign journalists have been detained in Harare,” Joel Simon, the executive director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement.
“In light of the political situation, it is imperative that all journalists, foreign and domestic, be allowed to work freely. We call on authorities to immediately release all journalists currently being held,” he added.
For a more thorough summary of what’s happened there recently, try this Economist story.