Fresh ban on protests in Zimbabwe ‘the last kicks of a dying horse’
HARARE — Zimbabwean police have announced a fresh ban on protests in the capital Harare, state media said on Tuesday, in another attempt to end demonstrations against veteran ruler President Robert Mugabe.The order came hours after a coalition of opposition parties said they would stage mass rallies across the country on Saturday to push for reform before elections due in 2018.Anti-government campaigners vowed to defy the order and also appeal to the courts."These are the last kicks of a dying regime and we expected no better from them," Douglas Mwozora, spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition party, told AFP."They have no respect for the law but we are not going to surrender our constitutional right. We are going back to the courts to challenge this illegal ban."An earlier protest ban in Harare was overturned by the courts last week, despite Mugabe vowing a crackdown on dissent and blasting judges for "reckless" rulings allowing previous rallies.In a notic...
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