Claim 577

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court declared the Daily News was violating the media registration law.

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

Statement: Zimbabwe's Supreme Court declared the Daily News was violating the media registration law.
Field: action
Value: Supreme Court ruling, September 11, 2003
About: incident 2003-zimbabwe-daily-news-shut-down
Source: Attacks on the Press 2003: Zimbabwe
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2004-03-11

Quotation from the source

On September 11, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court declared that the Daily News was violating provisions of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).