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New York, June 23, 2008—Journalists in Zimbabwe have faced the harshest press crackdown in memory as they’ve tried to report on a brutally violent presidential runoff campaign, veteran reporters told the Committee to Protect Journalists in a report released today, Bad to Worse in Zimbabwe.

Embattled President Robert Mugabe and his administration have used obsolete laws, trumped-up charges and retaliatory measures to detain at least 15 journalists, intimidate sources, and obstruct ...