More Evidece of Mugabe's Thuggishness

What a mess Zimbabwe is in--and a clear example of how to ruin a country through personalistic, authoritarian rule.

The latest:

Armed police officers in Zimbabwe's capital unexpectedly shut down the nation's biggest daily newspaper, The Daily News, on Friday after the country's highest court ruled that the paper was publishing illegally.

The move silenced, at least temporarily, one of the few independent news outlets in an increasingly authoritarian state. The newspaper's editor said the action was one more sign of Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis under President Robert G. Mugabe.

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...the law required reporters to disclose their political affiliations and home addresses, forced privately owned publications to surrender business secrets and made journalists criminally liable for reporting inaccurate information. More than a dozen journalists have been charged since the new law took effect.

Source: Zimbabwe Police Close Down Nation's Largest Daily Paper