Committee to Protect Journalists: Two Zimbabwean Journalists Charged With Violating COVID-19 Lockdown
June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020
NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
Zimbabwean prosecutors should drop the charges filed against two journalists for violating the country's COVID-19 lockdown regulations and ensure that they can report freely about alleged abuses by security forces, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Frank Chikowore, a freelance journalist, and Samuel Takawira, a reporter for the independent news outlet 263ChatExternal link, were . . .
Zimbabwean prosecutors should drop the charges filed against two journalists for violating the country's COVID-19 lockdown regulations and ensure that they can report freely about alleged abuses by security forces, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Frank Chikowore, a freelance journalist, and Samuel Takawira, a reporter for the independent news outlet 263ChatExternal link, were . . .