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= **Raymond Majongwe's Passport withdrawn** =

Dear colleagues

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) reports that Raymond Majongwe, the Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) and a member of the ZCTU General Council had his passport confiscated on arrival at the Harare International Airport today at 12:50pm.

Majongwe had attended an ILO Workshop on HIV and AIDS in Nigeria. He was approached by immigration officials at the point of entry and no reasons were given for the withdrawal of the passport.

It is believed that Majongwe is on the list of Civic Society leaders who have been earmarked by government to have their passports withdrawn as government believes that these people are talking wrong things about Zimbabwe abroad. This incident follows the amendment of the Zimbabwe constitution which provided for the withdrawal of travel documents from all Zimbabweans who are perceived to be enemies of the state.

The ZCTU views this as a retributive counter action by the government of Zimbabwe after almost the entire ZANU PF leadership and Government Ministers were slapped with travel sanctions.

It is a mischievous act of flagrant disregard of the freedom of association and movement. Rights which the government of Zimbabwe ratified under convention 87 (Freedom of Association and the Protection of the right to organise) of the International Labour Organisation.

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Mlamleli Sibanda Information Officer ZCTU Box 3549 Harare Tel: 263 4 702517 Cel: 263 11 620 232 Fax: 263 4 728484 E:mail: info@zctu.co.zw Web : wwww.zctu.co.zw