Zimbabwe Govt Approves Law Criminalising Protests
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet has approved tough new laws that will criminalise protests. The proposed amendments to the Criminal Law Act will also make it a criminal offence for Zimbabweans to "cooperate with foreign governments" or allege abductions. Mnangagwa's government, which is under pressure from western governments to end alleged abductions and torture of its critics, earlier said it was crafting a law to punish citizens that communicate with foreign governments and 'harm national interests.' The government has a history of targeting perceived critics through judicial persecution and politicizing cases.
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Zimbabwe:
Cabinet Approves Law Criminalising Protests
East African, 28 October 2020
The Zimbabwean cabinet, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has approved tough new laws that will criminalise protests. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Reform, Not Repression, is the Answer in Zimbabwe
Vanguard Africa Foundation, 21 September 2020
As a group of policy practitioners, activists, former diplomats, and academics, the Zimbabwe Working Group deplores repressive actions by the Zimbabwean government that have… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Khupe Dismisses Selling Out Claims, Pledges Mnangagwa Dialogue
New Zimbabwe, 28 October 2020
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has issued a bold dismissal of claims she sold out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, telling her rivals she was prepared for dialogue with… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mnangagwa Clean on Corruption, Says MP Mliswa
New Zimbabwe, 28 October 2020
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has come to the defence of President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is under fire for failing to deal with his corrupt cronies. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
The Proposed Patriotic Bill Is All, but Patriotic
Zimbabwe Standard, 11 October 2020
On October 4 2020, an article was published in The Sunday Mail in which it was reported that principles of a proposed Patriot Bill aimed at criminalising private correspondence… Read more »
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