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Thornycroft said there were no bullets or bombs in her country, "only [President Robert] Mugabe's war against his own people, and the people are too hungry and fearful to protest."
Profiles of Courage 2007
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Thornycroft was released without charge after being detained for five days in March, while Meldrum was tried and acquitted last week.
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Thornycroft, a British-born Zimbabwe citizen, had some 30 years of experience as a reporter and under the media laws had not yet been officially required to seek official government accreditation by the state media commission.
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Thornycroft was arrested Wednesday in Chimanimani, 470 kilometers (290 miles) southeast of Harare, her lawyer Tapiwanashe
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In either case, as it is only two weeks after the Act came into effect Thornycroft cannot be in violation of it.
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Thornycroft and Meldrum have both been arrested under the strict new law.
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Thornycroft was arrested in Zimbabwe in March under a repressive media law that makes criticism of Mugabe a criminal offense.
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Thornycroft, a citizen of Zimbabwe, was detained for five days in March and released without charge, while Meldrum, a US citizen with permanent residency in Zimbabwe, was detained early this month and spent a day in police cells.
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Thornycroft was arrested in Zimbabwe in March under a repressive media law that makes criticism of Mugabe a criminal offense.
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Tapiwanashe Kujinga told Sapa that Thornycroft was released after the police commissioner for Manicaland province was served with High Court papers ordering her to release the journalist immediately.
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