Zimbabwe police deployed in force on Tuesday to block a street protest for the t...
HARARE - Zimbabwe police deployed in force on Tuesday to block a street protest for the third time in five days, as the main opposition party said hopes were vanishing that the government might become more tolerant of dissent than the regime it replaced.
But the economy is mired in its worst crisis in a decade, and security forces have used strong-arm tactics to snuff out three attempts by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change to hold street demonstrations since Friday. Tuesday’s heavy security deployment was in the central city of Gweru, where police - who had banned the march on Monday night - patrolled on foot and in lorries and cordoned off a university, a local journalist told Reuters.
They also say the government has this year levied subversion charges against at least 24 activists and opposition leaders, the highest number in a single year. Those deaths set a question mark against the 76-year-old president’s pledge to end the Mugabe-era repression - which the bans of recent days have further undermined.
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