New crackdown on media in Zimbabwe

There are signs of a growing Zimbabwean government crackdown on independent media with a month to go before presidential elections. According to a Reporters without Borders report, journalists have been arrested, summoned and ordered to reveal sources, charged with "publication of false news" while newspapers have been threatened with closure if they fail to comply. This upsurge of harassment seriously threatens press freedom ahead of polling, says the report, which details several examples. (Via AllAfrica.com)