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Amnesty Criticizes Home Demolitions in Zimbabwe

HeadlineAug 22, 2005

This news from Zimbabwe: Amnesty International is estimating 70,000 people were left homeless because of a government program to demolish homes in slum areas. The human rights organization has just released video secretly shot from inside Zimbabwe that shows the displaced people have been forced to live in makeshift camps with little to no food, water and sanitation. Critics of Robert Mugabe government charge that the home demolition campaign was politically motivated.

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