BANNED/CENSORED/BARRED Victim/Concern Party Issue Date Mutare-based private media Barred by Manicaland Zanu PF provincial chairman, 24 March journalists Mike Madiro, from covering the party’s meeting in the 2018 eastern border town of Mutare. Zimbabwe National Army Soldiers deployed in Harare’s central business district 1 August ordered journalists covering riotous demonstrations 2018 over delays in releasing presidential elections to switch off their video recording equipment. Local and foreign journalists The police temporarily barred the media from covering 3 August an MDC-Alliance press conference at Bronte Hotel in 2018 Harare. Violet Gonda, journalist freelance Temporarily denied Zimbabwean passport by September Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede because she was 2018 on a “stop list”. Private media journalists Briefly barred from covering proceedings of the 16 October Commission of Inquiry following the 1 August 2018 2018 killings of civilians by the army during demonstrations in Harare. Godfrey Mutimba, freelance Ordered to delete footage of a police crackdown on 17 October journalist vendors in the southern town of Masvingo. The police 2018 also confiscated his press accreditation card. DETAINED Victim/Concerned Party Issue Date Tinotenda Samukange, Detained for close to three hours by soldiers deployed 3 August 2018 journalist with NewsDay. in Harare’s high density suburb of Kuwadzana. The soldiers ordered him not Columbus Mavhunga, Police detained Mavhunga for almost three hours after 16 September he refused to delete footage he had recorded of a police 2018 freelance journalist crackdown against vendors in Harare’s central business district. Police drove around with him in police truck as they continued with their operation. Gilbert Nyambabvu, Detained briefly after police noticed him taking pictures 19 September NewZimbabwe editor and of their raid against vendors in Harare. 2018 colleague Idah Mhetu Pauline Chateuka and Briefly detained by the police while filming police 21 September reporter with Community officers as they arrested vendors around Copacabana 2018 22