, Reverend Sonykis Chimbuya, Pastor Peter Bondai and Pastor Mugondi, of distributing opposition campaign material.
Mugondi and Bondai were only released after they were interrogated for more than three hours while Chimbuya was kidnapped and dumped along the Masvingo-Great Zimbabwe highway hours after his arrest.
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents accused the three churchmen of distributing campaign material for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition.
The three clergymen said they were now living in constant fear after their harassment at the hands of the CIO agents last weekend.
The CIO agents had also demanded that the three write down their sermons and present them to the secret agents for vetting before delivery.
President Robert Mugabe last month warned church leaders to steer clear of politics after Catholic bishops denounced the Zimbabwean government over its human rights record. – ZimOnline
14.6.2007
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Clergymen arrested for giving sweets to kids
MASVINGO
Three Zimbabwean clergymen had a weekend to forget last Sunday after they were detained and interrogated by state security agents for distributing toys and sweets to children here.
In a bizarre case highlighting deep levels of paranoia in government, the state agents accused the three
Three Zimbabwean clergymen had a weekend to forget last Sunday after they were detained and interrogated by state security agents for distributing toys and sweets to children here.
In a bizarre case highlighting deep levels of paranoia in government, the state agents accused the three