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    Zimbabwe police release 4 independent journalists

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Four newly released Zimbabwean journalists say police arrested them for asking about a police officer fired for political reasons.

    Independent reporter Pindayi Dube spoke Saturday after the four were released north of the city of Bulawayo after their Friday arrest. He says they were arrested for trying to witness a policeman being evicted from a police camp for listening to music on his mobile phone that allegedly "incited" police recruits to join Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.

    Rights groups say police have launched a clampdown against independent journalists and politicians opposed to longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe since he called for elections this year to end the nation's troubled coalition.

     

    7 comments

    • Jack  •  10 mths ago
      Stalinism is alive and very well in Zimbabwe. It won't be long before the murderous Mugabe ends the total pretense of democracy and turns the state he impoverished into another North Korea. Incidentally, it is no coincidence that while most of his people suffer terribly under his wretched rule, he lives in the lap of luxury.
      • aussea 10 mths ago
        100% correct-lets hope he is dead soon-have not seen many pic of him lately??he is on his way out in a box
    • supreme  •  10 mths ago
      zimbabwe should watch and control all media in the country just like china and saudi arabia,,,once your media is comprimised by outsiders you are finished,,most of these so called reporters work for the opposition who's mandate is regime change...
      • aussea 10 mths ago
        Supreme Dick-- did you not claim you worked for the state run news paper in Zinbabwe-arse-hole, then you should be shot -because you are a out sider--fool with your pants on the ground
    • aussea  •  10 mths ago
      "control all MEDIA"---just like HITLER DID--gee that worked well did ot not???MUGABISH is on the same track--he to will land up in a shalow grave--death to this SHONA Scumbag
    • Gus  •  10 mths ago
      and then on the next week, all those Journalist shall be missing.
    • tocsin  •  10 mths ago
      80% of all mainstream news media in the U.S. is controlled by just 5 corporations.
      most of the time (really) my comments and replies on here are censored/deleted.
      When you point out that the U.S. Gov't is arresting and jailing it's own citizens for dancing in front of the Jefferson Memorial or that Americans are being arrested in Florida for trying to feed the homeless, you need to be silenced. Not part of the agenda. These days, desiring personal freedoms and liberty makes you a "Domestic Terrorist".
    • Left is Wrong  •  10 mths ago
      And just what the he!! is an "independent journalist"? Oh, a left-wing, do-good'r that can't get a real job as a journalist! Geee, do I feel sorry for them - NO!
    • Mon-Chu'  •  10 mths ago
      Coming soon to an America near you...............
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