(Zimbabwe) State Claims it Has Arrested Western Spies(Human Rights Doctors)

[tekisui]

HARARE – State agents arrested four Britons and an American in Harare on Monday claiming they were spies who entered Zimbabwe more than a week ago allegedly to finance activities aimed at overthrowing President Robert Mugabe’s government.

The four, who according to a ZBC news bulletin, entered the country on December 13, allegedly claimed to be human rights doctors on a mission to assess the health situation in Zimbabwe.

The four were arrested after it allegedly emerged they had falsified their visit to Zimbabwe when in fact they were on a mission to sponsor the recent revival of PF-Zapu while paving the way for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to take over power. The party was re-launched two weeks ago, with Mugabe’s former Minister of Home Affairs, Dumiso Dabengwa as its leader.

“It emerged that the four were on a spying mission to meet with opposition political leaders with a view to sponsoring the revival of PF-Zapu and weakening the ruling Zanu-PF in order to pave way for the MDC-T to assume power,” the ZBC reported.

In the news bulletin on Monday the ZBC, which is controlled by government, accused the opposition and NGOs of hosting the “spies”.

“The team came as donors who were invited by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights for the sole purpose of assessing the heath situation in the country particularly the cholera outbreak.

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At least 26 people who include MDC activists and human rights campaigners have been abducted in mysterious circumstances over the past few weeks by suspected state security agents. Their whereabouts remain unknown.

President Mugabe’s administration, which is blamed by many for creating the conditions that led to the outbreak of cholera that has so far claimed the lives of more than 1 100 Zimbabweans, is apprehensive about any information that seeks to portray it as a violator of human rights.

more: http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=9040

[acmavm]

1. Maybe Pat Robertson could call his good friend Bob and ask

him to release those people.

[tekisui]

2. If he had any pull, maybe he could ask Bob to kick the bucket.