Zimbabwe Professor Arrested and Tortured For Watching Online News Videos

Posted by Roblimo on Friday February 25, 2011 @02:08PM from the let's-not-go-there-on-vacation-this-year dept.

An anonymous submitter wrote: "Disturbing reports have come out of Zimbabwe about how a professor who regularly held gatherings to discuss different news topics and social issues, was arrested, charged with treason and tortured for having the audacity to gather the regular group of about 45 people who discuss these things, and showing them some BBC and Al Jazeera news clips about the uprising in Egypt and Tunisia." Quote from the article: "Under dictator Robert Mugabe, watching internet videos in Zimbabwe can be a capital offense, it would seem. The videos included BBC World News and Al-Jazeera clips, which Gwisai had downloaded from Kubatana, a web-based activist group in Zimbabwe."

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Re:Oh, look it's someone we can relate to by h4rr4r · 2011-02-25 14:59 · Score: 1, Troll

For the same reason you don't want me running your house.
The situation in Iraq resulted from us being there in the first fucking place. Before that you can thank the British for building a state out of a lot of separate groups that would rather not be together.