US raises red flag on abuse of journos in Zim

THE United States has raised a red flag on the continued abuse of journalists in Zimbabwe through unfair legal and extra-legal restrictions imposed on the media.

This has culminated in declining journalism standards and has eventually made media practice in Zimbabwe difficult.

US Embassy public diplomacy officer Rebecca Archer Knepper made the remarks during the Africa Journalism and Media Summit focusing on Journalism and Democracy in a Post-New World: Promises and Perils while making her keynote address on Friday in Bulawayo.

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