Zimbabwe opposition barred from court (AP)


Written on April 5, 2008 – 8:02 am | by

People queue to buy bread in downtown Harare, Saturday April 5, 2008.  Zimbabwe's opposition party has appealed to the United Nations to intervene to avoid bloodshed in the campaign for a presidential runoff where it fears President Robert Mugabe, his back to the wall after humiliating electoral losses, will use the type of brute force that left hundreds of people dead in previous elections. (AP Photo/Mujahid Safodien-STAR)AP - Armed police prevented opposition lawyers from entering Zimbabwe’s High Court on Saturday to lodge an urgent suit aiming to force the publication of presidential election results.

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