AIPPA

Acronym	Definition
AIPPA	Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Zimbabwe law)

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Because of the AIPPA legislation, it is not possible for our reporters--who are not officially accredited--to operate as journalists within the Zimbabwean system.

Zimbabwe: telling the story, reporting the news: 'the finer points of journalism have, regrettably, had to be compromised in the desperate battle for access to information. This is guerrilla journalism....'

And I am challenging them to come up with what is "draconian" about AIPPA.

"What we have done here is like the rabbit chasing the dog"

The main independent daily newspaper had its offices attacked on several occasions and was eventually shut down by the police as it tried to continue publishing without being registered under the terms of the AIPPA.

27) The Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, which publishes the independent newspaper, the Daily News, challenged the constitutionality of the provisions of the AIPPA requiring registration.

The Zimbabwean human rights crisis: a collaborative approach to international advocacy

And in fact in July 2011, we drew up an election roadmap and again the issue of AIPPA, POSA, Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, and security sector reform came up.

He says not giving him the reforms he wants of the media, security sector, and of laws like POSA and AIPPA, means there is no level playing field.

'What has come out of our people makes me very proud'

Southern Africa (MISA) has stated that AIPPA is "one of the most

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POSA-and AIPPA put against the provisions of the Constitution and there is need to convince the people looking at the situation in Zimbabwe such as Sadc at the next summit that these issues have been constitutionalised and need to be actualised.

'We shall flood the courts with litigation': the leaking of confidential minutes from a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) meeting has shed light on the thinking of the party as it prepared for the election called by the Head of State, President Robert Mugabe. The strategy they decided on is highly controversial

Part of the legislative reforms will be freeing up the media and repealing AIPPA to ensure that we create an environment that allows the media to operate without any restriction.

It's good news, says Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe's new Inclusive Government is doing very well, says Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. "We have reopened schools, we have reopened hospitals, we have reduced inflation to almost 3%, we have stocked shops with plenty of food and other goods. The history of acrimony and polarisation is behind us," he told Ntandoyenkosi Ncube in an interview for New African

We can tell you that the issue of AIPPA and BSA was catered for in the Draft Constitution but the MDC felt that these were urgent matters that had to be dealt with under the first track of the dialogue process.

Zimbabwe: come rain or shine, elections will be in March

To reiterate my remarks in clarifying the US sanctions policy: While our humanitarian assistance is generous and you can count on it to remain generous, only when Zimbabwe's government restores the rule of law, conducts free and fair elections, puts military and police forces under effective civilian control, and repeals repressive legislation such as POSA and AIPPA, will we be prepared to extend our support more broadly.

Is it really "voodoo economics" bringing Zimbabwe down?

POSA stands for "Public Order and Security Act", and AIPPA "Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act"].

Arthur Mutambara: SADC summit 'is a victory for the people of Zimbabwe'; Prof Arthur G. O. Mutambara, (pictured) leader of the other faction of the opposition MDC, called a press conference in Harare on 2 April to react to the decisions of the SADC summit in Tanzania. We publish below his full statement