Ÿ the country, but her case had not been finalised. Ÿ On 12 December, journalist Panashe Makufa of Mail & Telegraph, an online newspaper, was hospitalised after being assaulted by the ZRP. ZRP had arrested and detained the journalist together with Hubert Sithole as the pair conducted their professional duties in Harare. The media practitioners were assaulted in full view of the public while covering a protest by some disgruntled MDC party supporters. The journalists were accosted by some ZRP members, who instructed them to stop covering the protest despite having produced their media accreditation cards, before the law enforcement agents forcefully grabbed their Canon 1300 D camera and smashed it against the gate at Harare Central Police Station. The journalists were detained at Harare Central Police Station for two hours and were released without charge. The pair petitioned the High Court and on 24 December, High Court Judge Justice Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa ordered ZRP officers to surrender the camera to the journalists after declaring the law enforcement agents' conduct as unlawful. ZRP officers surrendered the camera on the same day. There were reported incidences of attacks on journalists, as well as a case in which equipment was confiscated by the police. 59 STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ZIMBABWE 2018