Journalist Jailed in Zimbabwe for Starting Newspaper

The attorney for a Zimbabwe journalist says his client was convicted of publishing a newspaper in a southern town without government permission
Journalist Jailed in Zimbabwe for Starting Newspaper
Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) supporters are seen next to a police vehicle outside their party offices in Harare, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
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HARARE, Zimbabwe—The attorney for a Zimbabwe journalist says his client was convicted of publishing a newspaper in a southern town without government permission and sentenced to eight months in prison.

Several newspapers and radio stations have already been closed under Zimbabwe’s harsh media laws and dozens of journalists have been arrested over the past 15 years.