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Malawi: numerous government spies at bishops’ meeting
September 28, 2011
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As Malawi’s bishops meet amid civic unrest, “there is heavy circulation of regime spies” attempting to intimidate the bishops and “sniff what is being discussed,” according to a cleric present at the meeting.
A month ago, Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, the president of the episcopal conference, called upon President Bingu wa Mutharika to “stop suffocating civil society, the press, the judiciary power and democracy.”
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Further information:
- Malawi govt agents spy on Catholic bishops meeting (Nyasa Times)
- Malawi: priests, religious defend prelate following criticism by president (CWN, 9/6)
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