Zimbabwe police arrest 41 election monitors as votes are counted after widespread delays

Zimbabwe arrests election monitors as opposition lashes 'flawed' poll

Zimbabwe Police on Thursday said they had arrested 41 local monitors of the country’s elections as the opposition cried foul over irregularities in a poll forced by delays to stretch into an unprecedented second day. Monitors from Zimbabwean pro-democracy and pressure groups were arrested in multiple raids on Wednesday night and their computers and mobile

Zimbabwe arrests poll monitors day after election

Police said Thursday they had arrested 41 local monitors of Zimbabwe’s elections as the opposition cried foul over irregularities in a poll forced by delays to stretch into an unprecedented second day.

Zimbabwe arrests 41 poll monitors, accuses them of trying to rig vote count for opposition

Zimbabwe police said they arrested 41 workers for poll monitoring groups and seized the computers and other equipment they were using to tabulate the results of vote counting Thursday in the southern African nation's widely delayed presidential election. Those arrested were working with two accredited monitoring organizations — the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network and the Election Resource Center — which deployed over 7,500 observers nationwid…

Zimbabwe: Dozens of poll monitors arrested

We vehemently condemn the unjust arrest of more than 40 CSO staff members who were peacefully and constitutionally carrying out their duties, the Citizens Coalition for Change, Zimbabwe's main opposition party tweeted Thursday (Aug. 24).

Zimbabwe police arrest 41 election monitors as votes are counted

Those arrested were working with two accredited monitoring organisations. A police spokesman accused the monitors of being involved in ‘subversive and criminal activities’ as part of an opposition plan to fabricate the results.

Zimbabwe: Election monitors arrested, vote extended

Zimbabwe's opposition blasted a "fundamentally flawed" electoral process, saying that delays, intimidation and other irregularities meant the ballot was "unable to produce a free and fair electoral outcome."