"Zimbabwe's authorities have stopped the opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai from campaigning ahead of the 27 June elections.
The order banning "several future rallies" came after police briefly detained Mr Tsvangirai ahead of a rally in the second largest city of Bulawayo.
The length or extent of the ban, which cites security fears, is not yet clear.
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It is not clear how many rallies are affected by the ban, or whether it signals the end of official campaigning by Mr Tsvangirai ahead of the polls.
His party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), says the ban is "rank madness" as the meetings are its only way to communicate with supporters because it is denied access to public media.
In a statement, the party quoted a letter from the police saying that "because the MDC had complained that its leaders were targets for assassination the authorities could not guarantee their safety and were therefore banning several future public rallies". "
I would assume that the rallies will be banned until after the election at which point all opposition to Robert Mugabe will be made illegal. Robert Mugabe is power crazed and unless he is stopped even more of the citizens of the country he is illegally ruling will die. Will the West do anything about it? No. Will South Africa do anything about it? No. The people of Zimbabwe are unfortunately alone.
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