Geoffrey Nyarota
From Wikileaks
Struggling for a free press in Zimbabwe, exposing corruption and human rights abuses.
As the editor of The Daily News, Zimbabwe’s only independent daily newspaper, Nyarota has struggled to maintain a free press in Zimbabwe. The government has pressed five charges against Nyarota for articles exposing corruption and human rights abuses. Under Zimbabwe’s new media law he could be sentenced to jail and the newspaper could be closed down. The Daily News has had to withstand considerable obstruction and Nyarota has received death threats. In April 2000 The Daily News offices were bombed and in January 2001 a massive explosion destroyed the paper’s printing presses. Despite all that the paper has not missed a single day of publication.