The Least Surprising Headline of the Week

by Michael Bear · 2009-06-28 16:57:00 UTC
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Ladies and gentlemen, your winner for the least surprising headline of the week:

Zimbabwe: Progress on Human Rights Painfully Slow

Right.  Or, as I like to think - Death, Taxes, and Bobby Mugabe.

As the article by The Enough Project explains:

"Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers continue to be harassed, intimidated, threatened, and arrested...The government continues to take excessive measures to silence people’s voices and opinions, which was illustrated when women activists were beaten and arrested during a peaceful march in commemoration of International Refugee Day."

[Photo of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe]

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