Zimbabwe Advocacy Committees are becoming more active in identifying violations pertaining to media freedom. The Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) has been involved in monitoring access to information rights violations and MISAZimbabwe is tapping into this. 5.5. Outreach MISA undertook in 2003 to assist the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) with infrastructural support to ensure that media freedom and freedom of expression violations monitored by the MFWA receives maximum exposure. File Photo: A South African journalist protests in front of the Liberian Embassy in Pretoria, August 25, 2000, for the release of compatriot television cameraman Gugu Radebe, who along with four of his colleagues, were arrested the previous week on spy charges. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is among key international figures that have urged for the release of the journalists Photo: Juda Ngwenya This collaboration takes the form of joint MISA/MFWA alerts, issued by MISA on its alert system. This would ensure international exposure of MFWA alerts, as they would then reach the IFEX Action Alerts Network (ANN) of which MISA is a member while MFWA will seek membership in 2004. As a member of IFEX, MISA has resolved to participate in solidarity actions to further the cause of media freedom and freedom of expression regionally and internationally. The support to MFWA for their IFEX participation is further acknowledgement of MISA’s expertise in the area of Media Freedom Monitoring. 5.6 Research 5.6 1. Regional MISA regional secretariat commissioned a researcher to study and analyse the Action Alerts issued by MISA over a three year period (2000-2002) in order to: • identify journalists who are frequently victimised • identify trends of media harassment • propose strategies to counteract trends of harassment • propose strategies of immediate support to journalists who are harassed MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 45