'Shortly after his arrest Mr Phiri was accused of throwing petrol bombs at police stations but that charge was changed to, "practising as a journalist without accreditation".'
http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/apr4a_2007.html
A while back I commented on the ludicrous attempts of some French idiots at the Journalists Sans Frontier to blacken America's reputation. They tried to make out that some weedy twat who wouldn't hand over video of crimes being committed at an anti-globalisation riot was being persecuted. You want persecuted?
'Gift Phiri, a senior reporter for the exiled The Zimbabwean newspaper, was detained and beaten by police on Sunday. Mr Phiri was picked up near his home in Sunningdale, in Harare. His lawyer, Rangu Nyamurundira, said his client had been badly beaten while in custody. "When I saw him, Gift could not sit down as he had been very badly beaten on his back and his buttocks. He told me four policemen, including the chief superintendent, had tortured him for hours.'
Thats persecuted. Here's a legitimate journalist simply trying to do his job. So how could anyone mistake the anti-glob eejit for Mr Phiri? Covering for lefty criminals isn't in the Journo job description is it? Murderers in balaclavas aren't sources, while we're on the subject. But I bet you the next JSF screed will try to dig up some more dirt on America, no matter how trivial or wrong. Meanwhile, genuine, solid journalists live with the creeping terror every day that they may end up like this employee of ZBC, the Zimbabwe state broadcaster:
'Edward Chikombo, a part-time cameraman for the state broadcaster ZBC, was abducted from his home in the Glenview township outside Harare last week. His body was discovered at the weekend near the village of Darwendale, 50 miles west of the capital, The Independent has learnt.'
His crime? Passing footage of the leader of the Opposition in Zimbabwe heavily concussed and with visible wounds to a western news organisation.
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