Zimbabwe Assaults Spokesman For Nation’s Main Opposition Leader
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader was assaulted by security forces as he tried to leave the country yesterday, an opposition official said, accusing the government of continuing to target dissident activists.
President Mugabe’s government is under increasing international criticism for its treatment of the country’s opposition. Activists say the government has been disrupting their gatherings and beating and detaining their leaders.
Three opposition activists allegedly assaulted when police broke up a March 11 protest meeting were re-arrested at Harare International Airport Saturday.
Nelson Chamisa, an aide to Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, was assaulted at the airport yesterday as he was trying to leave for a meeting of the European Union and other countries in Brussels, Belgium, the party’s secretary-general, Tendai Biti, said from Johannesburg.
