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Zoë Flood
@zoeflood.bsky.social
Journalist/filmmaker – www.zoeflood.com/about2

3x BBC Eye Investigations, 9/11: Inside the President's War Room and more. Posts 🗞️🎞️🌍📸🗺️📚📝💆🏼‍♀️🌳🏊🏻‍♀️ and more.

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...that Amnesty International described as "unjust and in contravention of Zimbabwe’s constitutional and international obligations to respect and uphold the rights to freedom of expression and press freedoms".

cpj.org/2025/07/zimb...
Zimbabwe authorities arrest newspaper editor on charges of insulting the president - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York July 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to release newspaper editor Faith Zaba, who was arrested on July 1. She is facing charges of “undermining or ...
cpj.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
...Under Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Zaba could face a $300 fine or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, if convicted.'

Zaba's arrest follows the 72-day detention of senior Alpha Media Holdings journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who was held on charges...
July 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
...her bail hearing has been delayed despite health concerns raised by her lawyer.

From @pressfreedom.bsky.social: '"The “Muckracker” column linked to Zaba’s arrest said that Zimbabwe was a “mafia state,” citing the administration’s alleged interference in the politics of neighboring countries...
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am continually impressed by the knowledge, the skills, the thoughtfulness, the resilience, the resourcefulness and the dedication to fair, accurate and informative coverage that I see in these groups of journalists – & feel so lucky to have this regular opportunity to come away reinspired.
May 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Grateful to join so many of these conversations – meeting incredible ppl from all over world who are grappling with v real challenges, immense pressure and threats to their own safety/wellbeing, as they work to bring news & analysis to global audiences in multiple languages/with astonishing reach.
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Thank you! We overlapped in Oxford @bcfinucane.bsky.social, I was there as an undergrad 2002-05 – sorry not to have met, especially as I went on to work at Crisis Group as well. Hopefully still a chance to do so down the line!
May 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Impressive college!

Thrillingly, I'm currently a portrait hanging in Keble's definitely impressive hall: portraits.keble.net
Portraits of Keble
portraits.keble.net
May 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is Jesus College but I was at Keble.
May 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM