Zimbabwe: Outreach Process Monitors Face More Arrests and Threats

More independent monitors of the controversial constitutional outreach programme now face official arrest, after being threatened to keep away from the process by the heads of the programme.

The two co-chairpersons of the constitution-making process Paul Munyaradzi Mangwana of ZANU PF and Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T, on Sunday gave permission for the police to arrest the monitors, who they say are interfering in the process and are peddling lies. It is feared that many others could disappear into the clutches of the police following this command.

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