Zimbabwe voter awareness campaigners arrested
The Associated Press
HARARE, Zimbabwe --
A community group in Zimbabwe says a pastor and three activists
were arrested for holding a voter education meeting a day after
President Robert Mugabe announced March 16 as the date for a referendum
on a new constitution.
The Center for Community Development said
Sunday the four were campaigning for people to register as voters for
the referendum and national elections later in the year. They were
detained in police cells in Chegutu town, 100 kilometers (60 miles)
southwest of Harare, on unspecified charges after the Saturday meeting.
Under sweeping security laws, political gatherings require police
clearance.
The Zimbabwe prime minister's party has called for the security laws to be urgently repealed ahead of polling.
Another two rights and democracy groups have been raided by police in the past week.
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