Censorship In Rhodesia Masked
(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright) SALISBURY, February 9. Rhodesia has forbidden newspapers to leave blank spaces in their columns to show where stories have been censored.
Under new emergency regulations made public yesterday it will be an offence for newspapers to state expressly or to indicate by the leaving of blank spaces that they are subject to censorship. Newspapers have hitherto printed daily a statement on their front pages saying that the contents have been subject to censorhip. Both the country’s two daily newspapers have frequently appeared with many inches of blank space. The new regulations give
censors powers to order that any material—including headlines—be altered or moved to another page. The issue of any publication which breaks the regulations can be prohibited and anyone who breaks them or obstructs a censor can be fined up to £5OO or gaoled for two years. Censorship has been in force since Rhodesia seized independence last November, but the flow of news abroad from correspondents working in the country has not so far been affected.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30981, 10 February 1966, Page 13
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