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| Zimbabwean Police Crack Down on Opposition Activists, Election Monitors |
| 2008-04-26 |
| In an unprecedented move against Zimbabwe's political opposition, police have arrested hundreds of opposition supporters at the headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change. The police claim they were looking for the party's election data from the March 29 polls. Police also raided the offices of a non-governmental group that promotes the democratic process, apparently looking for its election data. For the past two weeks, the reception area and the pavement in front of MDC headquarters in Harare have been full of injured people seeking medical treatment and comfort. Most struggled in from rural areas where they say they were savagely beaten by people wearing army and police uniforms. Some people, especially from the northeast, say they were beaten by well- known personalities of the governing ZANU-PF party. At mid-morning Friday, scores of riot and uniformed members of the Zimababwe Republic Police forced their way into MDC headquarters and climbed the stairs to its administrative section. According to an MDC security official, who spoke outside the now deserted offices in central Harare, about 300 party officials and supporters were taken away. |
| Posted by:Fred |