BANNED/CENSORED/BARRED Vice President Mnangagwa Emmerson The Vice President’s security details barred the private 5 October media from covering a press briefing he convened at his 2017 Ministry of Justice offices in Harare. PUBLIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Martha O’Donovan of social Arrested in Harare for allegedly insulting then President 3 November media outlet, Magamba Robert Mugabe as a “sick man” in a tweet. 2017 Network Magamba Network Members of the Criminal Investigations Department seized computers belonging to Magamba Network in connection with the case against its employee Martha O’Donovan arrested for insulting President Robert Mugabe. 14 November 2017 ASSAULTED NewsDay journalists Obey Assaulted by the police on their way to Harare Central police 27 July 2017. Manayiti, Shepherd station after taking pictures of skirmishes between police and Tozvireva, Abigail Mutsikidze members of the public in Harare’s central business district. and their driver, Raphael Phiri. Daily News journalists Mugove Tafirenyika and Brighton Goko. Sustained serious injuries after being assaulted by the police while covering demonstrations in Harare’s central business district. 29 September 2017 NewsDay senior reporter Richard Chidza. Assaulted and threatened by Zanu PF youths demanding he reveals the source of a story regarding an alleged fall-out within the youth league’s 19 October 2017 leadership ranks Journalists Columbus Mavhunga and Garikai Fadzi Severely assaulted at Army Headquarters in Harare where they had turned up for what was supposed to have been a scheduled press conference. The two were treated and discharged at a private clinic after they sustained injuries following the assaults. 14 October 2017. ZBC staffers Some ZBC staffers were reportedly assaulted at ZBC’s Pockets Hill studios in Harare when army personnel stormed the station to announce its military intervention which subsequently led to President Robert Mugabe’s resignation. 15 October 2017 20