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of the Krauts
Mar 2000
time: 06:27
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2881093.stm
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'Brutal' Zimbabwe crackdown
The strike was marred by violent incidents
Opposition groups in Zimbabwe say that government security forces have arrested and beaten hundreds of people following last week's widely observed general strike.
Amnesty International says that up to 500 people have been detained in "a new and dangerous phase of repression".
President Robert Mugabe has promised "greater action" against the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
The BBC's Barnaby Philips in Johannesburg says that all the evidence points to a new crackdown of unprecedented brutality.
'Children assaulted'
A doctor working in a hospital in Harare said more than 250 people have been treated there after being beaten by the security forces; many had broken fingers or toes, some had broken legs.
Two women described how men in military uniforms stripped them, beat them, and used guns to sexually abuse them.
The MDC says that children of opposition activists have been assaulted.
Lawyer and director of the publishers of the Daily News Gugulethu Moyo says she was beaten by five men in Harare central police station after going there to enquire about a Daily News photographer who had been arrested.
"The cells were so full I had to stand, which was okay because my backside was so bruised I could not lie down," she said.
Zimbabwean police spokesmen Bothwell Mugariri said about 400 opposition members have been arrested since last week's strike.
He said many had been charged with malicious injury to property.
During the strike, stones were thrown at passing cars and a bus was set on fire.
The police also say that the offices of the ruling Zanu-PF party were set on fire in Chinhoyi, north of Harare, while explosives were found in the central town of Kadoma.
By-elections
Zimbabwean human rights activist Tony Reeler says the attacks are focused on the MDC's local leadership.
Following the strike, the MDC gave Mr Mugabe until 31 March to agree to 15 demands including ending torture and depoliticising the police force or face further "popular mass action".
Tension is rising in the capital, Harare, ahead of two by-elections this weekend in seats the MDC won easily in June 2000 elections.
Zimbabwe, once a regional breadbasket, now has massive unemployment, long fuel and bread queues and inflation of more than 200%.
Up to half the population, some seven million people, need food aid according to donors. |
Man, this is  We shouldn´t forget what´s going on in other parts of the world these days....
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From a more serious viewpoint no Western country is going to want to put troops into the middle of the southern africa AIDS crisis.
No african country has shown any real interest in putting an end to Mugabe's regime and none of the neighbouring countries seem likely to either intervene or host an intervention by others. Mugabe has played the "fellow africans, help me whilst my country is being oppressed by the British" card very well. Even the French are prepared to deal with him and overlook what is going on on the ground.
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CerberusIV
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I wonder if the problem is that Mugabe can only be dealt with with the co-operation of African countries and there are quite a few African leaders who will not be keen to co-operate because they are afraid they might be next on the list for intervention. That is enough to block ny African or Commonwealth initiative on the matter.
The sooner Mugabe is dealt with the better - and I don't mean allowing him an amnesty or a safe haven elsewhere to live off the money he and his chief supporters have stolen.
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Ozz
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Canada
Mar 2002
time: 05:27
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Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
The international community certainly need to act. The atrocities in Zimbabwe are appalling and we can't sit here and cover our ears and our eyes. |
Zimbabwe is not an danger to the surrounding countries, if the international community need to
intervene then Zimbabwe should be UN mandated
instead of setting up another dictatorship in waiting.
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24-03-2003 19:59
decided by the French), all other EU sanctions are in still place.
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