Zimbabwean Editor Zaba Taken Into Custody for Allegedly Defaming Mnangagwa
In recent developments, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and various media advocacy organizations have urgently appealed to the Zimbabwean government for the release of Faith Zaba. Zaba, the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, found herself in legal jeopardy after her arrest on July 1. The charges stem from a satirical piece published on June 27, which provocatively characterized Zimbabwe as a "mafia state," suggesting that a desperate regime was clinging tenaciously to power.
Using a law that criminalizes…