Zimbabwe official defies journalists' bail

Zimbabwean officials tonight defied a judge’s order to release two British journalists on bail, two weeks after they were detained near a polling station during Zimbabwe’s parliamentary election.

Toby Harnden, 35, and Julian Simmonds, 45, of the Sunday Telegraph, have pleaded not guilty to charges of violating Zimbabwe’s draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act by working as journalists without government accreditation during the March 31 election.