Zimbabwe is such a mess—I keep reading these articles and wondering…is anyone doing anything about this? How much worse will it get? Fourteen members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested two weeks ago on charges of “conducting activities that are likely to cause public disorder” and “distributing false information.” (They were protesting the delay in releasing the results of the original presidential election in March.) They were granted bail by a judge on Friday, but the state shows no sign of letting them free. Families of MDC officials are increasingly targets of ZANU-PF militias, and a minister lost an eye in a brutal attack on a group that attended an MDC meeting. Two of the country’s human rights lawyers fled to South Africa due to threats on their life, and following the death of 5 of their clients, all MDC activists.
The EU and US will call on the UN to send election monitors for the June 27 run-off, but Mr. Bobby Mugabe has an established pattern of not only disregarding pressure from the UN and the West, but vociferously blaming them for all of his country’s woes.
I would really, really love to know what goes on in that man’s head.
But, onwards, if not upwards. The last remaining rebel group in Burundi continues to recruit children into its ranks, despite moves towards peace and disarmament. (Taking cues from Joseph Kony, it seems.) Citizens in Burma are being arrested for distributing aid to cyclone victims. (Bastards.)
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