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Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Obscene Refusal of Food Aid

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Hot Off The Presses, Uncategorical Weirdness

Zimbabwe dicator-for-an-indeteriminate-period-of-time Robert Mugabe is in Rome at an international food conference; his presence there has been called “obscene” by the UK and Austrailian delegations, because his “land reform” (ie., crony land-bribes) policies are putting his people in danger of mass starvation. Also, his thugs are in the habit of burning food supplies in areas [...]

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Zimbabwe: Truckload of Newspapers Burned

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

The press is not free in Zimbabwe, and the state-controlled news organs are little more than cheerleading mouthpieces for the Mugabe regime. Independent weekly The Zimbabwean recently started a Sunday edition that’s become the country’s most-read Sunday paper. How? It’s printed in South Africa and distributed by truck; except that this Sunday’s edition won’t be [...]

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Anglicans in Zimbabwe: Oppression from Z to A

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts

Riot Police and CIO stop Church services
HARARE - Baton-wielding riot police on Sunday burst into a number of Anglican church services across the capital Harare, disrupting mass at churches aligned with the Right Reverend Bishop Sebastian Bakare.
Bakare was appointed substantive bishop of the Harare diocese in December following the ouster of Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, [...]

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Zimbabwe: Orders From Above Excuse For Oppression

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Mini-Posts

Police continue to persecute Anglican Church
Bishop Sebastian Bakare protests the recent actions by Zimbabwean police, who have taken to harassing Anglicans during church services, acting on “orders from above.” Deposed former bishop Nolbert Kunonga is still getting Mugabe’s support, and anyone that isn’t vocally pro-Mugabe is treated as a traitorous enemy. Even ladies praying in [...]

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Zimbabwe: Truth and Justice SMS campaign

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Mini-Posts

This is Zimbabwe » Blog Archive » Truth and Justice SMS campaign
The good people in Zimbabwe are asked to text reports of beatings or violence, with details, to a national hotline.

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