Controlling The Story Through Beatings, Arrests


	Controlling The Story Through Beatings, Arrests

Carl Lavin

4-18-2008 12:02 PM

1259 views

Carl Lavin says:

Zimbabwe's ruler doesn't want the world to know the truth about his country. Beating and arresting reporters is one way to try to keep control, but these voices won't be silenced.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from April 18, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/19f89142-1250-4124-b949-332bb444c37f/4E38E0FC-69AA-4818-99C9-364E0D9FF17E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23562304-2703,00.html" href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23562304-2703,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theaustralian.news.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23562304-2703,00.html"><P class="intro"><STRONG>A BRITISH reporter was deported from Zimbabwe to South Africa yesterday after being freed from jail, ending an eight-day ordeal in which he was beaten and clamped in leg irons.</STRONG></p> <P>Jonathan Clayton, The Times's Africa correspondent, was arrested on Wednesday last week on a minor immigration charge when he flew into Bulawayo, the country's second-largest city. He was handed by police to security services, who blindfolded and handcuffed him, deprived him of sleep and water, and interrogated him for hours in a prison cell in Bulawayo.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23562304-2703,00.html">"They wanted to know everything about me. Where I had gone to school, from day one. They threatened me and they beat me. The chief interrogator kicked the soles of my feet and then hit me across the face. He tried to make me stand on my head and stand on one leg. I did very badly and got angry."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23562304-2703,00.html">In Harare a, judge also freed New York Times correspondent Barry Bearak and Stephen Bevan, a British journalist. They were accused of covering the election illegally.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4E38E0FC-69AA-4818-99C9-364E0D9FF17E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from Carl Lavin

Today's Top Clips