CPJ calls for Zimbabwe president to reject 'Patriot Bill' threatening critical journalism
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2023-07-03
- Address
- https://cpj.org/2023/07/cpj-calls-for-zimbabwe-president-to-reject-patriot-bill-threatening-critical-journalism/
- Kind
- reference
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
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- none yet
Cited by
- Zimbabwe's Patriotic Act criminalizes journalists' contact with foreign governments
- Claim 481: CPJ's Africa representative said journalists must be able to meet whomever they choose, including foreign diplomats, without risking imprisonment.
- Claim 482: Information Minister Mutsvangwa said the law covered meetings intended to injure the country's sovereignty rather than ordinary journalistic work.
- Claim 484: A Zimbabwean journalist asked whether an interview that produced an unfavorable answer could itself be treated as a crime under the new law.
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