Word: chavunduka
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...Mark Chavunduka, a journalist studying as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard for the year, must return to his native Zimbabwe today to stand trial and face up to seven years in prison...
...Chavunduka and his colleague, Ray Choto, were illegally arrested by the members of the Zimbabwean military in January after Choto wrote an article for The Zimbabwe Standard about an attempted coup within the Zimbabwe National Army to overthrow the government. Chavunduka is the editor of the paper...
When members of the Nieman Foundation chose Chavunduka as a fellow, they knew that he had been arrested and tortured, Kovach said...
...Chavunduka and Chotto are suing members of the government for damages from illegal arrest and torture. They are asking for financial compensation of $50,000 and reimbursement for all legal and medical costs...
Most of the Nieman fellows did not know about Chavunduka's history before they came to Harvard a couple of weeks ago, said Lori Olszrewski, a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle and another Nieman Fellow this semester...