Zimbabwe human rights group abandons photo exhibit after 3 police attempts to seize photos
By APThursday, March 25, 2010
Zimbabwe police action stops human rights exhibit
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwean rights group says they’re abandoning a photo exhibit that documented human rights violations after fresh attempts by police to shut it down.
ZimRights official Cynthia Manjoro says police returned to the downtown gallery Wednesday evening after the show’s opening to demand the photos. She says police also visited the group’s office Thursday when they discovered the photos were no longer at the gallery. Police first seized the 65 photos on Tuesday but returned them just minutes before the show was scheduled to open.
The photos depicted political violence and torture blamed mainly on state agents and police since 2007.
Manjoro says organizers have taken the photos to an undisclosed location. The exhibit was slated to run for 10 days.
