BBC Journalist arrested, still in remand
27 May 2012
A BBC presenter, Petroc Trelawny, has been arrested in Zimbabwe while attending a music festival in Bulawayo.
Trelawny, 42, who faces charges of working without accreditation, although current evidence shows he was attending the function as a tourist, was still in remand prison at the time of writing Sunday morning in Bulawayo, where many cultural festivals are held, and also the home city of the Amakhosi Cultural Centre.
Trelawny, a classical music presenter for BBC Radio 3 and the BBC 2 TV channel, was not working at the time of his arrest on Thursday night, the corporation stated during a news bulletin Saturday night.
London based activist group Zim Vigil stated on Saturday:
“Trelawny was taking part in the Bulawayo Music Festival which opened on May 23 and is due to end on May 27. He has been transferred to prison in Harare,” Zim Vigil’s Rose Benton said.
One of the organisers of the festival, who declined to be named, said he had kept in touch with Trelawny who was being “treated well”.
Britain’s ambassador Deborah Bronnert to Zimbabwe has been to visit Trelawny in prison, according to sources.
New Zealand photo journalist Robin Hammond spent 25 days in a Zimbabwean jail after being arrested in Beitbridge last month.
Foreign journalists intending to work in Zimbabwe must seek permission from the Information Ministry prior to entering the country under tough media laws.
7 Replies to “BBC Journalist arrested, still in remand”
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Akatyora mutemo, rules of the land, and the should be tried accordingly.Its 6 Months imprisonment in UK for that.He too must do it in Chikurubi
He is a spy !!!!!pliz hung the devil
Just becoz he is a BBC reporter. .what more can the idots do but to arrest the guy. . Our police force specialize in arresting vendors,kombis,reporters,rallies. . .cant wait till Mdc comes to power you zanu.pf idots u going to regret.
Why would the so called virgil speak for Trelawney? This sounds more of an mdc setup and we are not going to be sorry about this.
Brits should know better. There is a foreign policy tiff between our country and theirs, its not the good old days anymore, haven’t they heard our dear leader speak? Get the necessary papers and come in clean sirs!!!!
Arrested from MTHWAKAZILAND n sent to Zim y?
Zim prisons and cells were built more than 50 years ago meant to punish natives the system has never been transformed it has worsened due to lack of maintaince and bad governance