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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 was released after six days in captivity, and went to England for medical treatment. Earlier this year, he was chosen to be one of the 24 Nieman Fellows--mid-career journalists from across the world who study at Harvard for a year--and left Zimbabwe on the condition that he return for trial...
When members of the Nieman Foundation chose Chavunduka as a fellow, they knew that he had been arrested and tortured, Kovach said...
Kovach has written on behalf of the Nieman Foundation to Zimbabwean President Mugabe, urging him to uphold the principles of free speech that he talked about during Kovach's visit to the African nation...
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...