Ahead of the SADC summit, the watchdog group noted its concerns about a "deeply troubling erosion of press freedom," and of "attacks on individual journalists, media suspensions, internet shutdowns, and restrictive legislation."
Musangano mukuru wemuSADC usati waitwa, sangano rinoongorora iri rakatura kushushikana kwaro pamusoro pe "kufukurwa nekun'en'enwa kwerusununguko rwemasangano anotapa nhau," uye "nekukurwiswa kwevatapi venhau semadungamunhu, kumiswa kwekushanda kwemasangano enhau, kuvharwa kwemadandemutande nekuiswa kwemitemo inombunyikidza nekudzivisa."