"STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FIFTH TIME

UNCLAS HARARE 001296 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/S (KRAFT),AF/PD (COX AND ROBERTSON) NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER LONDON FOR GURNEY PARIS FOR NEARY NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAO ZI SUBJECT: "STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FIFTH TIME ¶1. On May 29 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard," was arrested for the fifth time in less than two weeks. The May 29 arrest was, like the May 28 arrest, sparked by a story in the Standard detailing conditions Chakaodza and two of his colleagues encountered in the Harare jail when they were held overnight on May 16. The May 29 arrest, however, was for violating a ban on "revealing internal police matters." ¶2. Chakaodza's previous arrests were on May 16, 22, 23 and 28. He has not been mistreated by police and, after the initial arrest on May 16, has not been held overnight. SULLIVAN