The Sound of a Silenced Paper

October 03, 2003

The Daily News, Zimbabwe’s only independent daily newspaper, was shut down by President Robert Mugabe’s government several weeks ago. The paper is forging ahead, online where they are now publishing, and in court where they are challenging the constitutionality of the very laws that are being used to silence them. Bob talks with Gugulethu Moyo, the legal representative for the Daily News, about the state of journalism in Zimbabwe and the danger she faces personally.


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