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Zimbabwe to Punish ‘Unpatriotic’ Citizens Who Talk to Foreign Governments
The regime of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe is working on a “Patriot Bill” that would punish “unpatriotic” citizens who talk to foreign governments without official approval or make “false statements that harm the country.”
The Daily Nation quoted a senior official who said the legislation has reached an “advanced stage.” Like other authoritarian regimes around the world, Mnangagwa seeks to redefine opposition as “foreign collusion” and punish it as sedition.
Zimbabwe’s effort looks very similar to the national security law China imposed on Hong Kong in June, although Mnangagwa’s officials bizarrely claimed it was modeled on the U.S. Logan Act, an esoteric 18th-century law that is occasionally invoked to justify political persecutions but has never actually been enforced against anyone:
“The Bill is premised on the constitutional provision on the foreign policy of our country, which values the promotion and protection of the national interests of Zimbabwe,” Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs secretary Virginia Mabhiza told state-controlled media.
“It is the duty of the state to engage other sovereign nations on issues pertaining to foreign nations, and not self-serving citizens.
“Private citizens will have to avoid conduct such as travelling to foreign countries as self-appointed ambassadors, meeting foreign officials to undermine the national interest.”
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“Conniving with foreign governments and nationals to inflict harm on the country and its citizens will be criminalized,” she added.
“For years, the ruling Zanu-PF [party] has accused the opposition of campaigning for Western sanctions against Zimbabwe,” the Daily Nation observed, recalling the party’s threat to expel U.S. Ambassador Brian Nichols for allegedly funding anti-government protests in July.
A spokesman for Zanu-PF called Nichols a “thug” who was working with a “coterie of gangsters” on “mobilizing and funding disturbances, coordinating violence, and training insurgency.”
At roughly the same time, senior Zimbabwean officials were accusing Western governments of sponsoring a journalist named Hopewell Chin’ono famed for investigating allegations of corruption, and of working with opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume to organize protests.
Chin’ono and Ngarivhume were later arrested for “inciting violence,” imprisoned for a month, banned from social media, and forbidden to leave the capital city of Harare. Chin’ono displayed symptoms of possible coronavirus infection when he was granted bail in September. Human rights campaigners intensified their complaints about Mnangagwa’s suppression of dissent.
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/10/06/zimbabwe-to-punish-unpatriotic-citizens-who-talk-to-foreign-governments/
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>What is the going rate for a UNITED STATES SENATOR to [knowingly] push false unverified intel to the FBI [lend credibility]?
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