MEDIA VIOLATIONS STATISTICS – JANUARY – JUNE 2020 Assaulted / Charged Victim /Concerned Party Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) cameraperson, Providence Maranelli. Freelance journalist Panashe Makufa. Freelance journalist Terence Sipuma. Munashe Chokodza and Leopold Munhende 263Chat and NewZimbabwe.com journalists, respectively. Arrested Victim /Concerned Party Freelance journalist Kudzanai Musengi. Tatenda Julius, student journalist on attachment with Pungwe News (New Ziana). Three female and one male newspaper vendors. Nunurai Jena, journalist with Newsday. Issue Maranelli was assaulted by an MDC-Alliance security details in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, moments after party leader Nelson Chamisa had addressed a meeting. Makufa was assaulted by the police in the Harare suburb of Kuwadzana while undertaking his professional duties. Sipuma was reportedly assaulted by members of the police and the army at the Kuwadzana roundabout in Harare while on his way to Chegutu to report on Zimbabwe’s 21-day COVID-19 lockdown. Chokodza and Munhende who were returning home from work, were assaulted with military whips by soldiers who were dispersing people at the Warren Park shopping centre in Harare, despite producing their journalism accreditation cards. Date 10 February 2020 Issue Date Musengi was arrested in the central business district of Gweru in the Midlands province and accused of practicing without valid accreditation. In the afternoon Police Arrested a student journalist in the city`s residential suburb for taking pictures. He was accused of practicing without a press card. Police in Masvingo dispersed several newspaper vendors in the southern border town of Masvingo and arrested four of them for violating the COVID-19 regulations. Jena was arrested in the Mashonaland West provincial capital of Chinhoyi while taking pictures of a police checkpoint and charged with disorderly conduct. 30 March 2020 10 04 April 2020 11 April 2020 24 June 2020 30 March 2020 31 March 2020 2 April 2020