Zimbabwe: Female Reporter Who Witnessed Police Violence Released After Several Hours in Detention

Posted to the web 26 August 2008 Reporter Rutendo Mawere of the privately-owned weekly "The Standard", who was arrested on 21 August 2008 in Gweru (in Midlands province), 280 km southwest of Harare, was released a few hours later without being charged. Mawere was arrested while watching police beat residents who had been queuing outside a shop for basic staples. "As the search for a negotiated solution to the... [read full story]