Dear Friends:

Here are two emails, from Eddie Cross and Cathy Buckle, regarding recent events
and the continued imprisonment of Roy Bennett in Zimbabwe. For me, the account
is an illustration of the ways that the Mugabe government is maneuvering around
the 2008 agreements with the opposition party, of which Bennet is a member, and
retaining control and power within the state while appearing to be part of a coalition
government. It also highlights the importance of the rule of law within any state,
and the power that ensues when that rule is broken.

On another note, I am reading ...   more »