The Global and Mail - In ground-breaking move, South Africa steps in over alleged Zimbabwe mass rapes

By: Geoffrey York

Lawyers from DLA Piper worked through New Perimeter and AIDS-Free World to document and publicize politically-motivated human rights abuses against Zimbabwean women. Now, in a ground-breaking move, The Globe and Mail reports that South African prosecutors will investigate President Robert Mugabe’s political party for crimes against humanity for an alleged campaign of mass rapes during Zimbabwe’s last election.

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