Journalists Godwin Mangudya,

Assaulted at a press conference convened by

18 September

Bernard Mpofu, Thomas

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)

2020

Madhuku, RumbidzaiChizarura,

president TakudzwaNgadziore, by unidentified

MunasheChokodza and James

men who violently disrupted the presser. The

Jemwa.

conference was held next to the Impala Car
Rentals offices in Harare.

Arrested /Detained
Victim /Concerned Party

Issue

Date

Freelance journalist Kudzanai

Musengi was arrested in the central business

30 March 2020

Musengi.

district of Gweru in the Midlands province and
accused of practicing without valid accreditation.

Tatenda Julius, student journalist Julius was arrested by the police who accused
on attachment with Pungwe

30 March 2020

him of practicing without a press card.

News (New Ziana).
Three female and one male

Police in Masvingo dispersed several

newspaper vendors.

newspaper vendors in the southern border town

31 March 2020

of Masvingo and arrested four of them for
violating the COVID-19 regulations.
Nunurai Jena, journalist with

Jena was arrested in the Mashonaland West

Newsday.

provincial capital of Chinhoyi while taking

2 April 2020

pictures of a police checkpoint and charged with
disorderly conduct.
Beatific Ngumbwanda, journalist

Ngumbwanda, was arrested by the police in

with TellZim weekly newspaper.

Chiredzi who accused him of violating the

8 April 2020

COVID-19 lockdown regulations as stipulated in
terms of Statutory Instrument (SI) 82 of 2020.
NewsDay journalist Rex Mphisa,

Mphisa and Marerwa were arrested in

and Zimpapers sales

Dulivhadzimu, in Zimbabwe’s southern border

22

15 May 2020

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