BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 19 (IPS) – A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”. But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 19 (IPS) – A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”. But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19.Read the full story, “In Zimbabwe there is Freedom of Speech, but no Freedom After the Speech”, on globalissues.org →