Please find below links to media freedom news items for Zimbabwe. These have been organised by publication date.

2020

03/12/2020 - Zimbabwe: Press freedom under attack - IFJ

04/11/2020 - Zimbabwe: Court bars recognized lawyer from representing jailed journalist - IFJ

02/09/2020 - Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono released on bail, with restrictions, in Zimbabwe- CPJ

19/08/2020 - Zimbabwe: Court bars recognized lawyer from representing jailed journalist  - IFJ

05/08/2020 - Letter about coronavirus-linked press freedom violations in Zimbabwe- RSF

23/07/2020 - CPJ joins letter calling on African Union to secure release of Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono - CPJ

20/7/2020 - Hopewell Chin'ono: Whistle-blowing Zimbabwean journalist arrested - The BBC

16/7/2020 - Freelance reporter charged with insulting Zimbabwe’s president - CPJ

23/6/2020 - Two Zimbabwean journalists charged with violating COVID-19 lockdown- CPJ

15/6/2020 -Zimbabwe: Government bars private media journalists from covering official event - IFJ

26/5/2020 - Zimbabwe frees journalists held for 'coronavirus breach - News24

15/5/2020 -Zimbabwe: Daily Threat - Journos Bear Brunt of Covering the COVID-19 Story - AllAfrica

4/5/2020 -Zimbabwe: Journalists Cry Out for More Freedom - AllAfrica

2/4/2020 - Another journalist arrested while covering Covid-19 lockdown  - New Zimbabwe

29/3/2020 - The struggle to access information in Zimbabwe continues- Media Institute of Southern Africa

25/3/2020 - Zimbabwe: Military Lenses On Social Media Castigated - All Africa

19/3/2020 - Outrage as Zimbabwe’s military declares social media a ‘dangerous threat’ - Global Voices

15/3/2020 - Women Still Face Barriers In Accessing Media – Survey  - New Zimbabwe

14/02/2020- Media environment far from ideal - Zimbabwe Independent 

18/02/2020- MISA Zimbabwe Calls For Reforms At ZBC Broadcast Media Africa

2019

29/11/2019 - Zimbabwe: Broadcasting Minister Calls For Regulator To Open Electronic Media Space - Broadcasting Media Africa 

03/06/2019 - Media reforms on course: Govt - The Herald

31/05/2019 - Mutsvangwa: State media journalists have green light to be political - New Zimbabwe

28/05/2019 - Zimbabwe: Authorities escalate attack on human rights defenders - Malawi24

14/05/2019 - Zimbabwe: New Broadcasting Law Seeks to End Alleged ZBC Bias Towards Zanu-PF- All Africa 

10/05/2019 - Zimbabwe: Zim Newsrooms a Danger to Female Journalists - All Africa 

23/04/2019 - A truly ‘new Zimbabwe’ should mean a free space for dissent - New Zimbabwe 

13/03/2019 - “WhatsApp has come in to fill the void”: In Zimbabwe, the future of news is messaging - NiemanLab

08/03/2019 - MISA Zimbabwe concerned by media shutdowns on the continent - ifex

14/02/2019 - Zimbabwe to repeal draconian media law - The East African

21/01/2019 -  Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless Says Restores All Internet, Social Media Services - VoA 

18/01/2019 - Internet Shutdown in Zimbabwe: A Most Dangerous Precedent - Medium

18/01/2019 - ‘Total internet shutdown’ in Zimbabwe: provider - SABC News 

16/01/2019 - MISA, Lawyers For Human Rights, File Urgent Chamber Application Over Internet Blockade - Pindula News

15/01/2019 - OVERVIEW: Zim military helicopter fires teargas at demonstrators in capital Harare - News24

14/01/2019 - Blowing hot and cold: media law and policy reforms process in 2018 - MISA

13/01/2019 - Call for media reforms intensify - Daily News 

2018

28/12/2018 - How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa - News24

27/12/2018 - Zimbabwe: Parliament Takes ZBC Managers to Task Over 'Sacking' of Senior Staff - All Africa 

05/12/2018 - MISA Zimbabwe raises violation of privacy rights with Speaker of Parliament - IFEX

27/11/2018 - ZBC live broadcast throttled during Commission of Inquiry hearings - MISA

31/10/2018 - Fact-Checking Zimbabwe’s Election: How Online Misinformation Was Tracked During Zimbabwe’s Long-Awaited Vote - International Center for Journalists 

24/10/2018 - Zimbabwe battles for media freedom after milestone election - International Press Institute 

08/2018 - Fellowship Paper -  The Dangerous Game:  Relations Between Zimbabwe’s Independent Media And Zanu PF - Reuters Institute/University of Oxford

15/08/2018 - ZBC owes producers $400k - Newsday 

03/08/2018 - Zimbabwe elections: Aggressive raid on Chamis's press conference raises bad memories of the country's past - The independent

26/07/2018 - In the run-up to elections in Zimbabwe, social media plays a larger role than ever - CIMA 

24/07/2018 - A vicious online propaganda war that includes fake news is being waged in Zimbabwe - The Conversation

23/07/2018 - Zim media remain polarised, unbalanced - Nehanda Radio 

18/07/2018 - Pressure on media grows as poll date nears in Zimbabwe - International Press Institute

11/07/2018 - Safety of Journalists in Question As Poll Date Nears - All Africa

29/05/2018 - Oppressive media laws dampen hopes of change in Zimbabwe - International Press Institute

18/05/2018 - ZBC rapped for 'skewed coverage' - The Herald (Zimbabwe) 

12/02/2018 - 2018 elections: ZBC under spotlight - Daily News 

19/01/2018 - 'Urgently align media laws to constitution' - Zimbabwe Independent