Zimbabwe: Media 'Hangman' Moyo Returns As Zim Information Minister

11 September 2013

Media professionals in Zimbabwe have been left shocked by Robert Mugabe's decision to reappoint Jonathan Moyo as the country's Information Minister, with fears of a return to the media clampdown he once presided over.

Moyo, who was the Information Minister from 2000 to 2005, is often described as a media 'hangman' after designing and implementing repressive legislation in 2001, which resulted in a serious clampdown on media freedom. The laws, which have never been repealed, saw the arrest of many foreign journalists, the closure of independent media groups and the hounding of non-state media professionals, many of whom fled into exile.

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