South Africa: Anglican Archbishops Phone UN Secretary-General on Zimbabwe

30 May 2008
Cape Town

The following is a statement from the Anglican Archbishops of Canterbury and Cape Town on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe:

The Archbishops of Canterbury and Cape Town yesterday spoke to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, to express their grave concern about the increasing violence of what appears to be a sustained campaign against the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe. On May 18 there was a sharp escalation of violence when Sunday services were disrupted and worshippers beaten or prevented from attending church by security and police force attacks on churches across Harare diocese.

Harassment and intimidation is their daily bread; and there is a continuing failure to enforce court orders permitting Anglicans to worship in their Cathedral church in Harare and other parishes. the rest

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