/ 11 May 2001

RULE OF LAW TRASHED ?ALMOST EVERY DAY? IN ZIM

ZIMBABWE?S government has created a climate of intimidation against journalists in the country that must end, a panel of international press rights groups said Thursday. In presenting their findings, members of the delegation said their meeting with Information Minister Jonathan Moyo produced little hope for change. “Mister Moyo, in my opinion, saw nothing wrong with the situation,” said David Dadge of the Vienna-based International Press Institute, adding that Moyo had insisted the government was enforcing the law. “It’s my opinion that that is not actually true in Zimbabwe, that the rule of law is being undermined almost every day,” Dadge said. – AFP