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A New National Dispensation
Dear All
Police officers raided the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) offices on Monday,
February 11 in Harare. The police officers led by Detective Assistant
Inspector Nyoni had a search warrant which stated that there was
reasonable ground to believe ZPP had committed the following offences:
1.Suspected possession of articles for criminal use as defined in Section
40 of the criminal law (codification and reform) Act Chapter 9:23
2 Entry by evasion or no work permit in contravention of section of the
immigration Act
3.Smuggling in contravention of Section 182(1) of the customs and excise
Act Chapter 23:02
We are reliably informed that the police were looking for recording
equipment and radios suspected to have entered the country illegally. In
addition the police suspected that ZPP had employed an ‘illegal
immigrant'.
According to our Crisis media team in Harare the Police confiscated ZPP
violence monitoring reports, mobile phones used by Peace Corps in
communities and radios.
We condemn the systemic closure of democratic space in Zimbabwe as the
country head toward a referendum and a watershed election. In this regard,
the inclusive government has failed the test of democracy. If this trend
continues we risk reversal of the progress that the inclusive government
has made under the auspices of SADC. We reiterate our call that
hard-liners who intend to scuttle democratic reforms must transform. Find
attached the search warrant. Your on-going solidarity is appreciated.
Phillan Zamchiya
Regional Coordinator
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Regional Office [SA]
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