Zimbabwe to Outlaw Groups That Promote Human Rights
New York Times, December 10, 2004; Michael Wines

By a vote of 48 to 28, the Zimbabwean Parliament approved legislation on December 9th that would ban any foreign and foreign-supported nongovernmental organizations that have as their objective the promotion of human rights in Zimbabwe. Mugabe has referred to the groups as “conduits of interference in our national effort” – continuing his fight against what he has termed a Western plot to restore colonial rule. The article goes on to note: “The law… promises to decimate the work of many civic groups whose survival rests on foreign contributions”