Information campaign initiated in 2011, MISA Regional Specialist on Media Policy and Law, Karen Mohan, said access to information is a right that many African citizens were still struggling to realise. $OHUW Date: April 23, 2012 Person/ institution: Hammond Robin Nicholas, Bertha Chiguvare Violation/ issue: Detained The privately owned daily, NewsDay of 23 April 2012 reports that the foreign journalist, Hammond Robin Nicholas (37) who was arrested on April 16, 2012 has been fined $150 for contravening sections of the Protected Areas and Places and Immigration Acts by Beitbridge magistrate Carrington Karidzangundi. Nicholas risks a 60-day jail term if he fails to pay the fine by the end of the week. He was arrested together with Zimbabwean national, Ms. Bertha Chiguvare (31) after being allegedly found taking photographs at the Beitbrigde Boarder Post for a story on the irregular migration of Zimbabweans to South Africa. $OHUW Date: May 2, 2012 Person/ institution: Radio Dialogue Violation/ issue: Censored Zimbabwe Police in full riot uniform disrupted a road show organized by a local community radio initiative, Radio Dialogue. The incident occurred on Saturday, 28 April 2012 during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). The police claimed that the road show was called to an end due to lack of space. Radio Dialogue, for the past 6 years has been successfully holding the road show in question without any hindrance and this year’s disruption is rather surprising given that the radio station had cleared with the Bulawayo City Council to use the space in question. &RPPXQLTXp Date: May 7, 2012 Person/ institution: AMH publisher Violation/ issue: Other Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) publisher Trevor Ncube has scooped the inaugural MISA-Zimbabwe Press Freedom Award for continuing to provide platforms and access to critical alternative views and ideas on Zimbabwe’s socio-economic and political issues.The award was pre- 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\"