In Zimbabwe, oppression grows even worse.
Zimbabwe arrests 22,000 in slums
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Posted: 1133 GMT (1933 HKT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) -- Zimbabwe police have arrested more than 22,000 people as a fierce blitz on illegal stores and shantytowns gathers pace, sending homeless people fleeing for the countryside, the state Herald newspaper said Wednesday.
Mass arrests. That is collectivist oppression on a Soviet scale.