Wednesday 14 March 2012

Report: Zimbabwe coalition failing to end violence

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top international rights group said Friday that Zimbabwe's two-year-old coalition government has failed to end human rights abuses and political violence.

Amnesty International said in a Friday report that violence, mainly by militants of President Robert Mugabe's party, continued with the "tacit approval" of police.

Its researchers witnessed a Jan. 21 incident in which riot police watched but did not intervene when mobs seriously injured two people in an attack on suspected supporters of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader.

Amnesty called for urgent reforms in police and military units traditionally loyal to …

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