Zimbabwe: Journalist arrest a tactic to intimidate him and others for doing their work
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 3 October 2017 |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Zimbabwe: Journalist arrest a tactic to intimidate him and others for doing their work, 3 October 2017, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/59d4dd924.html [accessed 2 November 2019] |
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In response to the arrest of Newsday journalist Kenneth Nyangani for reporting that first lady Grace Mugabe and officials from the ruling ZANU-PF party donated used clothes, including night dresses and underwear, to the party's supporters in Mutare, Cousin Zilala, Executive Director of Amnesty International Zimbabwe said:
"The arrest of Kenneth Nyangani is a deliberate tactic to harass and intimidate him and other journalists in order to deter them from doing their work. The intention is to send a chilling message to journalists and media workers that they must self-censor rather than expose truths.
"Zimbabwean journalists should not be criminalized simply for doing their work. Kenneth Nyangani must be released immediately and unconditionally and all charges against him dropped."
