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Journalists Arrested for Media Violations in Zimbabwe

NPR

By Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Published April 11, 2005 at 6:00 PM HST

Two British journalists arrested for reporting without accreditation in Zimbabwe are facing prison time or deportation. NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on the latest victims of repressive media laws instituted by longtime President Robert Mugabe.

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.

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