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Article: VOA NEWS: STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT RAISES HACKLES IN HARARE

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April 17, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Blessing Zulu and Ndimyake Mwakalyelye

The Zimbabwean government's move this week against suspect nongovernmental organizations and its termination last week of a U.S.-funded program to develop the committee system in the country's parliament both appear to have been prompted by Harare's reading of of a recent U.S. State Department report on human rights.

The State Department report on its human rights and democracy programs, published annually, says the U.S. strategy is to keep pressure on Harare while supporting efforts by the political opposition and civil society to increase the country's democratic space.

But Zimbabwean government ...

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