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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The African Editors Forum (TAEF) and the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) have voiced concern about the continued harassment and arrest of journalists in Zimbabwe by the government.<\/p>\n

TAEF and SAEF called on the Zimbabwean government to immediately release Hopewell Chin\u2019ono, who is in remand prison and was denied bail on charges of \u2018inciting public violence\u2019 in terms of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act of the country.<\/p>\n

Chin\u2019ono was arrested on July 20 after police agents raided his home in Harare without a search warrant as required by the law. Again, on July 30 police raided and ransacked the home of Online publisher ZimLive editor, Mduduzi Mathuthu in Bulawayo looking for \u2018subversive material\u2019 supposedly linked to recent planned protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish to remind the Zimbabwean government that journalism is not crime and therefore demand that all charges against Mduduzi and Chin\u2019ono be unconditionally dropped immediately to allow them to continue reporting without fear.<\/p>\n

We are deeply concerned about the deliberate abuse of journalists by Zimbabwean security forces which of late has resulted in a sharp increase of their arrest and unlawful detention, especially since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n

The continental editors\u2019 body said the Zimbabwean government should allow journalists to do their work freely without any hindrance and we demand a guarantee for the safety of all media personnel in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to urge the Zimbabwean government to engage media within the country to find a common understanding with a view to end the harassment and arrests of journalists,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis should not be happening in a democracy which Zimbabwe has declared to Africa and the rest of the world that it is.<\/p>\n

\u201d TAEF and, a statement released by the two bodies said, remain committed as well as ready to assist both the Zimbabwean government and media in finding a lasting solution with a view to end the harassment and arrest of journalists.<\/p>\n

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