Harare - If approved by the president, the law will empower the government to tap telephone conversations, check emails and monitor cyberspace for material seen as posing a threat to national security.

The bill, described by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), as "badly drafted, self-destructive and disrespectful of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the populace", was recently passed by parliament.

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[2 Jul 2007 09:48]

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