{"id":4583,"date":"2020-08-06T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cipmoz.org\/?p=4583"},"modified":"2020-08-06T12:02:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:02:34","slug":"saacon-condemns-the-heavy-handed-response-of-zimbabwean-authorities-to-peaceful-anti-corruption-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cipmoz.org\/en\/2020\/08\/06\/saacon-condemns-the-heavy-handed-response-of-zimbabwean-authorities-to-peaceful-anti-corruption-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"SAACoN Condemns the Heavy-Handed Response of Zimbabwean Authorities to Peaceful Anti-Corruption Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Southern African Anti-corruption Network (SAACoN) has been monitoring events in Zimbabwe with increasing concern for the safety of civil society activists, journalists and opposition politicians since 20 July 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 20 July 2020 investigative journalist Hopewell Chi&#039;nono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume were arrested in the wake of the exposure of high level corruption in the Zimbabwean government&#039;s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since that date the repressive actions of Zimbabwean security authorities have become increasingly widespread and violent and have included arbitrary arrests and detentions, kidnappings, beatings and torture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Broadcast and Widely Disseminated Statements of President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 3 August 2020 Have Not Assured Concerns About the Disturbing Happenings in the Country, but Have Only Served to Heighten Consternation and Apprehensions About What Is Tragically Busy Unfolding in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cipmoz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SAACoN_Zimbabwe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full text<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern African Anti-corruption Network (SAACoN) has been monitoring events in Zimbabwe with increasing concern for the safety of civil society activists, journalists and opposition politicians since 20 July 2020. 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