World Wide Wave

31 Aug 2012

Zimbabwe: Police raid GALZ with batons

Africa and the Middle East

“We are expressing serious concern about both the original detention of the activists and the subsequent actions of the police” said Amnesty International’s Africa director Audrey Gaughran. Zimbabwean police have raided and closed the GALZ headquarters. On August 27, 2012, police shut Gays And Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), despite the fact that it has a legal right to operate. Learn what Ms Gaughran and Patience M., a human-rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, think about the raids on W3JOY’s Zimbabwe webpage.

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