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CPJ calls for Zimbabwe president to reject 'Patriot Bill' threatening critical journalism
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2023-07-03
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- 2026-11-07
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- 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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