Zim scores high on Press repression

ZIMBABWE is one of 61 countries in the world without a free Press, according to the Annual Survey of Press Freedom 2002 released this week by an American civil liberties watchdog Freedom House. The survey, conducted in the aftermath of the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States which raised fears of increased repression of the world’s media, found that slight gains were made in media freedom last year.