US embassy cable - 02HARARE1782

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MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE

Identifier: 02HARARE1782
Wikileaks: View 02HARARE1782 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2002-08-05 10:14:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: KMDR PGOV PREL KPAO ZI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS HARARE 001782 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/PD, AF/S, INR/R/MR 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR, PGOV, PREL, KPAO, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE 
 
 
  1.   Stung by the recent detention and deportation of 
      former Bulawayo mayor Joshua Malinga at Gatwick Airport 
      (London) and Sweden's refusal of visas to four ZANU-PF 
      women legislators, an editorial in the August 5 edition of 
      the government-controlled daily "The Herald" calls on the 
      government of Zimbabwe to hit back.  Under headline "Zim 
      should take retaliatory steps" the paper comments: 
 
  2.   ". . .It is now time for Zimbabwe to consider 
      implementing the eye for an eye rule. . .The 
      international community should not cry foul when 
      government puts in place measures that will in turn 
      prohibit the movement of some Westerners to 
      Zimbabwe. . .The government should now take 
      retaliatory steps, which should include the 
      withdrawal of passports from political 
      opponents. . . ." 
 
WHITEHEAD 

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