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schema:articleBody	Zimbabwe has proposed a legislative amendment that would criminalise unauthorised communication by its citizens with foreign governments, a move critics fear will stifle individual freedoms. Cabinet approved the criminal law amendment late on Tuesday after noting that current legislation does not forbid private citizens from engaging with foreign governments without prior consent. Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa explained the newly proposed law would criminalise "isolated citizens or groups who for self-gain cooperate... with hostile foreign governments to inflict suffering on Zimbabwean citizens and to cause damage to national interests". "Such wilful misinformation will therefore make the individuals and groups liable for prosecution," she said after the cabinet meeting. Zimbabwean political analyst Alexander Rusero deplored the proposed changes as an "archaic" repudiation of individual rights by an increasingly repressive regime. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has turned growingly intolerant towards dissent after he took office in 2017 following the ouster of Robert Mugabe through a military-led coup. Security forces have violently dispersed several anti-government protests over the past three years, with several people dying in the process. Political opponents and human rights activists are regularly abducted by suspected government forces and held for weeks on end, during which they are intimidated and abused. Rusero feared the cabinet's proposal would give Mnangagwa more leeway to silence his opponents. "You are tinkering the law to protect the interests of the ruling elite," Rusero told AFP. He lamented the "sorry state" of democracy in Zimbabwe and said citizens should not be considered "public relations extensions" of the ruling ZANU-PF party. "Mnangagwa has used every weapon at his disposal against his opponents," he added. "This time he wants to weaponise the law." An unnamed government official said the proposed amendment was likely to be approved, but could not provide a timeline for its implementation. fj-sch/sn/erc
schema:headline	Zimbabwe to outlaw private communication with foreign govts
schema:mentions	Robert Mugabe Outlaw Communication Alexander the Great Republican Left of Catalonia Constitutional amendment Agence France-Presse Democracy Zimbabwe Human rights President of the Philippines Monica Mutsvangwa ZANU–PF Criminal law 2003 invasion of Iraq Emmerson Mnangagwa Cabinet of Israel
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schema:datePublished	2020-10-28 (xsd:date)
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