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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8406

22 February 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/zimbabwe
EU denounces torture of opposition members and expresses concern over trial of main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai

Brussels, 21/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Greek Presidency adopted the following declaration on 20 February on behalf of the EU , with candidate and EEA countries' association:

"The EU would like to express its concern with the increasing incidents pertaining to the arbitrary arrest, inhuman treatment and torture of members of the opposition and civil society organisations in Zimbabwe. Since 1 January 2003 there have been 7 arrests of MDC MPs and several more of other supporters. There are...

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