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