Is Zimbabwe’s government clamping down on dissent?
Opposition activists say they have been arrested unjustly, harassed by the police, and denied their right to assemble peacefully.
Rights groups in Zimbabwe have criticised the deteriorating human rights climate in the country.
Complaints of arbitrary arrests, abductions and harassment have also come from individuals such as politicians and writers. The finger of blame has been pointed at state security forces.
So, what exactly is going on?
In today’s Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja speaks to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Shingai Nyoka in Zimbabwe, and a human right's lawyer who says that defending people who say they have been arrested unjustly by authorities, puts him in a very risky position.
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