Zimbabwe: How Zimbabwe Is Suppressing Journalism

Following arrests and draconian legislation, editors are self-censoring to protect their organisations

Journalism is increasingly treated as a crime in Zimbabwe.

State surveillance, arrests and detentions have created a climate of fear in newsrooms, and a new law will bring investigative journalism under direct state control. The effect is chilling: editors are self-censoring to protect their organisations. This is likely to make donor funding, vital to sustaining journalism, much more difficult…