Zimbabwe ruling party tries to stop opposition with taxes, arrests

Zimbabwe's ruling party is doing every thing they can to hold on to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year reign even arresting the opposition and taxing imported media that might disagree with Mugabe.
Zimbabwe has two daily papers, both controlled by the government, and no private radio or television stations.
One of those state-run publicantions, the Herald newspaper, reported that the new import duties followed concerns by Mugabe's government over "the flood of hostile foreign newspapers coming into Zimbabwe."
Right now, Zimbabwe residents resort to pirate radio stations and imported magazines for unbiased news reporting.
Police also arrested an opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) lawmaker for a second time in recent days Saturday over accusations of "incitement to public violence".
Authorities have also detained Mugabe's opponent Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured above) twice this week alone.
Their run-off election is set for June 27th.




