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ALERTDate: December 15, 2005Persons/Institutions: Nyasha Bosha, Maria Nyanyiwa and Kundai Mugwanda.Violation: Detained, censoredOn December 15 2005, three Voice of the People Workers, Nyasha Bosha, Maria Nyanyiwaand Kundai Mugwanda, were arrested and detained at Harare Central Police Station afterpolice raided their offices in Harare. The police confiscated equipment, computers and administrationfiles.ALERT (including update)Date: December 08, 2005Persons/Institutions: Trevor NcubeViolation: ExpelledZimbabwean immigration officials seized Zimbabwe Independent and Standard newspaperschairman Trevor Ncube’s passport upon his arrival in the country from South Africa where heis also the publisher of the Mail and Guardian newspaper.Ncube said he had been approached by a person who identified himself as being from thePresident’s Office. The man escorted Ncube to the immigration department at Harare InternationalAirport. The publisher’s passport was confiscated on 8 December 2005.Ncube is said to be one of the people on a list of 64 persons whose passports must be impounded.The controversial Constitutional Amendment (No 17) Amendment Act empowers the governmentto seize the passports of citizens suspected of “national interests” during their travelsabroad.December 12, 2005: Ncube filed an urgent application for a High Court order compelling thegovernment to return his seized passport arguing that the decision infringes on his basic freedomsand rights.December 14, 2005: The government released Ncube’s seized passport after the Attorney-General’s Office indicated that it would not be filing an opposing affidavit against his urgentapplication for its immediate release.ALERT (including updates)Date: December 01, 2005Persons/Institutions: Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of TheDaily News and Daily News on SundayViolation: CensoredOn December 1 2005, the Central Intelligence Organisation had allegedly reversed a decisionby the government-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC) to register AssociatedNewspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ).According to papers filed with the High Court, Jonathan Maphenduka, a former MIC boardmember, the regulatory body had on June 16, 2005, agreed to register ANZ.ANZ is challenging the MIC’s decision to deny it an operating licence to publish its titles.July 18, 2005: The MIC refused to register ANZ because it had contravened Sections 66,72,76, and 79 of AIPPA. The sections in question deal with the registration of a mass mediaservice provider, operating without a licence and accreditation of journalists.ALERT (including updates)Date: November 29 2005Persons/Institutions: TeleAccessViolation: CensoredOn November 29 2005, the Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ),So This Is Democracy? 2005-161-Media Institute of Southern Africa