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AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA => Zimbabwe => Topic started by: Ayinde on July 19, 2004, 05:16:03 PM



Title: Zimbabwe charities face being outlawed
Post by: Ayinde on July 19, 2004, 05:16:03 PM
Harare - Zimbabwe's human rights groups and aid organisations are in increasing danger after the government threatened yesterday to use banning orders and arrests to force them to register with the state. The threat appeared in the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper, a week before laws controlling non-governmental organisations are due to be presented by President Robert Mugabe to the last session of parliament before a general election next March. All NGOs have had to be registered since 2002.

full article:
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=9706