Journalists, lawyer arrested in Zimbabwe

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Two journalists and the lawyer for a third have been arrested in Zimbabwe in recent days, their spokesmen said Thursday, amid signs the Zimbabwean government is intensifying a post-election crackdown.


Reuters photographer Howard Burditt was detained for allegedly using a satellite phone to transmit pictures.

Word of the arrests comes a day after the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said 25 of its supporters have been killed since the disputed March 29 presidential election and church groups reported the deaths of eight people at the hands of militias.

A government spokesman said those arrested Thursday had no respect for the country's laws.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/08/zimbabwe.election/index.html

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Mugabe is putting the fix in... not unexpected but a continuing disaster for the people of Zimbabwe.