Media watchdog group MISA-Zimbabwe on Tuesday expressed concern that soldiers banned vendors from selling an independent newspaper last week, amid growing concerns that the media is once again facing a strict clamp down.
MISA-Zimbabwe said in a statement that soldiers from 42 lnfantry Battalion in Gutu last Friday banned vendors from selling Masvingo province weekly independent newspaper, The Mirror. This was apparently in connection with a story the paper published alleging that army personnel had beaten up people at Mupandawana growth point on Christmas Eve.
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