=LPEDEZH mission, through its Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Advocate Pantsy Tlakula, officially launched the campaign during the 52nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Yammoussoukro, Ivory Coast. The Ordinary Session came on the occasion of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Declaration of principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa. &RPPXQLTXp Date: November 5, 2012 Person/ institution: Pansy Tlakula Violation/ issue: Other Advocate, the Special Rapportuer on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights says she is “deeply concerned” with the continued existence of laws that impede the work of the media in Zimbabwe. Tlakula told Radio VOP in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the inaugural Carlos Cardoso Memorial lecture at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, that Zimbabwe should repeal laws such as Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and Public and Order Security Act (POSA), which continue to impede media work. “The new constitution will not solve all the problems. Even after the new constitution is put in place, you will still have to deal with all laws that impede expression like AIPPA, POSA and all the other laws that are not in conformity with regional and international instruments that Zimbabwe has ratified,” said Tlakula. 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\" $OHUW Date: November 7, 2012 Person/ institution: Watson Ofumeli, Daily News Violation/ issue: Detained Watson Ofumeli, a photographer with the Daily News was arrested on Monday, 5 November 2012 by the police’s law and order section while covering a raid by members of the force on the offices of the Counselling Services Unit (CSU) in Harare. The officers raided the offices in search of what they described as offensive and subversive material. Ofumeli was taken to Harare Central Police station where he was briefly detained and only released after being forced to delete the pictures that he had taken. He was arrested together with five CSU members of staff. $OHUW Date: November 7, 2012 Person/ institution: Dennis Kagonye, Weekly Mirror Violation/ issue: Detained, Legislation Dennis Kagonye, editor of the Weekly Mirror, was on Wednesday, 7 November 2012 fined US$100 for operating a mass media service without a licence in contravention of Section 72 of the draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Chinhoyi magistrate Fanuel Nyakudya, sentenced Kagonye to two months in prison with the option of a $100 fine. Kagonye was also slapped with a further suspended sentence of six months imprisonment on condition he does not commit a similar