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Times Journo's Prison Weekend

The New York Times' Barry Bearak reports on his four-day stint in a Zimbabwe prison on charges of "committing journalism." It began when 21 policemen and detectives raided the lodge where he'd been staying. "The crowded room was hot. Already, I felt jailed. I needed a breath of air, but when I moved toward the door, Detective Jasper Musademba, a well-built man in a jacket and tie, stopped me. He had been the most threatening of the police. 'If you try to go outside...' he said sternly, stopping in midsentence. He made his hand into a gun and pulled the trigger. 'You’ll kill me?' I asked. 'Good,' he remarked wryly. 'Then you’ve seen that movie.'” More »

10:53 AM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By ian spiegelman
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Latest by fileunder: I'll get to this as soon as I'm done absorbing today's "Dude"/"Wassup!" advertising article. Gripping stuff. more »

Times Reporter Out On Bail In Zimbabwe "Under the terms of his bail, [Barry] Bearak was released to a clinic; he suffered some injuries to his back as the result of a fall from the concrete bunk in his dark, crowded cell to the floor, seven feet below, Mr. Nkomo said. Mr. Bearak’s passport was confiscated, and he was required to put up 300 million Zimbabwe dollars as bail, about $10,000 at official exchange rates but only about $7 at black market rates." [Times]

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Zimbabwe Scaring The Crap Out Of All Media

Amid the jailing of Times reporter Barry Bearak, news organizations are rightfully getting scared shitless about covering the nation of Zimbabwe, where elections are believed to not be going well for the ruling government. So CNN took the unprecedented step of concealing its reporter's identity. The BBC blurred the face of its reporter. Huge credit to the networks for filing from a country where they are formally banned; apparently people in the streets are "absolutely thirsty for information" and get most of it from foreign outlets. CNN's anonymous report: More »

5:13 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Ryan Tate
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Latest by n/a: @8Millionth: Cecil Rhodes was a racist, self hating homosexual, who built his fortune and "county" on the backs of the Mashona and Matebele people, while screwing over other Europeans and the British Empire at the same time. There is a special more »

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Scary: Times Reporter Arrested In Zimbabwe After Adding His Byline To Story

Times reporter Barry Bearak was frightened enough of authorities in Zimbabwe that he at first withheld his byline from today's front-page story about declining support for the ruling party there. But he later changed his mind and added his name online and to some print editions. He was promptly arrested by police in Zimbabwe, who have now said, according to AFP, he was "detained on suspicion of reporting without press accreditation. Zimbabwean authorities, who barred most foreign media from covering last Saturday's general elections, warned a week ago they would deal severely with journalists who sneaked into the country and were caught operating illegally." [via Radar, HuffPo] (photo via HuffPo)

9:02 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,067 views, 17 comments

Latest by vulturesquadron: 'Mugabe' is so fun to say. more »