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Zimbabwetimes.com - Court throws out Mukoko application

5th February 2009
HARARE – The High Court on Wednesday threw out an application by incarcerated Zimbabwe Peace Project director, Jestina Mukoko, who is seeking her release from custody on bail.
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ZimOnline - Rights groups slam politicians over jailed activists

9th February 2009
JOHANNESBURG – Rights groups on Saturday criticised Zimbabwean political leaders for beating their chests about progress towards formation of a unity government while forgetting detained Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists
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Zimbabwetimes.com - Zim Journalist denied full treatment

10th February 2009
HARARE (MISA) - The magistrates’ court on February 9, 2009, heard how prison officers had whisked detained freelance photojournalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere from the Avenues Clinic in Harare on February 6, 2009, before he had been accorded full medical treatment.
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Zimbabwesituation.com - Zimbabwe - End to repressive media laws on the agenda for JOMIC

12th February 2009
HARARE - The media sub-committee of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) wants to meet with the new information minister next week, to start work on the deregulation of draconian media laws.
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The Weekender - Zimbabwe:Generals hold out for amnesty

24th February 2009
Zimbabwe’s peace is being held to ransom, raising the question of whether peace is possible without justice, writes NICOLE FRITZ
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MISA NAMIBIA ENCOURAGES PUBLIC TO EMBRACE A FREE PRESS

2nd February 2009
The Namibian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa is once again calling on the public at large to embrace the notion of a free and independent press, in order to be updated on what happens in the country at all times....
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