Claim 505

CPJ's then executive director said the accreditation process served to cover a government campaign against the independent press.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ's then executive director said the accreditation process served to cover a government campaign against the independent press.
Field: stated_justification
Value: CPJ's assessment of the process
About: incident 2005-zimbabwe-court-refuses-daily-news-accreditation
Source: High Court refuses to accredit Daily News journalists
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2005-05-12

Quotation from the source

a farce designed to provide cover for the government's campaign to crush the independent media