Zim journalist detained over a satirical article critical of Mnangagwa - The Zambian Observer

Zimbabwe’s media under siege: editor Faith Zaba released on bail after arrest for satire

Zimbabwean editor, investigative journalist and outspoken women’s rights advocate Faith Zaba was arrested and detained on 1 July 2025. She faces charges of ‘undermining the authority’ of the president. (Photo: TheGirlsTable /X Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba, who had been arrested and detained in the country’s capital on 1 July on allegations of undermining the authority of, or insulting the president, was granted bail on Friday, 4 July,…

False dawn of the so-called new dispensation  - Zimbabwe Situation

Source: False dawn of the so-called new dispensation – The Standard The arrest of Zimbabwe Independent Faith Zaba was a new low in that regard. My Dear People Some of you called me names eight years ago when I went around the country warning Zimbabweans about the impending coup and how it was going to set this country backwards. I warned people that Ngwena and his Lacoste crew were going to be more brutal than the man they wanted to remove viol…

Editor Faith Zaba Granted Bail After Satirical Article Arrest

Zimbabwean journalist and Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba was granted bail on Friday, 4 July, after spending four days in police custody in what civil society organisations have condemned as a blatant attack on press freedom and freedom of expression. Faith Zaba was arrested in Harare on 1 July 2025, facing charges of “undermining the authority of or insulting the President,” in connection with a satirical article published in the weekly …

Zim journalist detained over a satirical article critical of Mnangagwa - The Zambian Observer

A prominent Zimbabwean journalist was detained Wednesday over a satirical article critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a move that media groups have condemned as another attack on freedom of expression. Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, was charged by prosecutors who allege her article, titled “When you become mafia state,” published under the […] The post Zim journalist detained over a satirical article critical of …

Turkey: EFJ-IFJ condemn censorship of satirical magazine LeMan

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) strongly condemn the arrests of cartoonists and media workers of the satirical magazine LeMan on charges of “inciting the public to hatred and enmity” and call for the charges to be dropped.  On 2 July 2025, Turkish authorities arrested four staff members of satirical magazine LeMan on charges of “inciting the public hatred and enmity” over a controversial cartoon, published in …