Cablegate: Media Reaction Eu Travel Restrictions; Harare

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UNCLAS HARARE 001782

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/PD, AF/S, INR/R/MR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR PGOV PREL KPAO ZI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE

1. Stung by the recent detention and deportation of
former Bulawayo mayor Joshua Malinga at Gatwick Airport
(London) and Sweden's refusal of visas to four ZANU-PF
women legislators, an editorial in the August 5 edition of
the government-controlled daily "The Herald" calls on the
government of Zimbabwe to hit back. Under headline "Zim
should take retaliatory steps" the paper comments:

2. ". . .It is now time for Zimbabwe to consider
implementing the eye for an eye rule. . .The
international community should not cry foul when
government puts in place measures that will in turn
prohibit the movement of some Westerners to
Zimbabwe. . .The government should now take
retaliatory steps, which should include the
withdrawal of passports from political
opponents. . . ."

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