Zimbabwe
Journalists marked for surveillancePosted Oct 20 2007
A leaked copy of a memo from the Zimbabwean intelligent services listed 15 independent journalists to be subjected to surveillance and possible arrests in the run-up to next year's presidential and parliamentary elections, according to Reporters Without Borders http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=23814.
The single page memo with the government's letterhead was published in the Zimbabwean press on September 26 and according the International Federation of Journalists the copy appears to have been leaked from official sources.
The document appears to be dated from June 2007 and is headlined with “2008 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.” Under the subhead “Targeted Journalists” are the names of the 15 journalists. At the bottom is this paragraph: “The following media personnel and others as discussed in the previous meeting are to be placed under strict surveillance and taken in on the various dates set. They're working hand in hand with hostile anti-Zimbabwean western governments. Measures to be taken against the above including those in exile are listed on page 4 summary.”