Treasury Designates Twenty-Six Entities Tied to the Mugabe Regime

Treasury Designates Twenty-Six Entities Tied to the Mugabe Regime

August 3, 2005

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated twenty-six Zimbabwean entities – 24 commercial farms and two businesses – controlled by key members of the Mugabe regime. This designation is pursuant to Executive Order 13288, which is aimed at blocking the property of persons undermining democratic processes in Zimbabwe.

"The Mugabe regime rules through politically motivated violence and intimidation and has triggered the collapse of the rule of law in Zimbabwe," said Robert Werner, Director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). "By denying the Mugabe regime access to the U.S. financial system and U.S. persons, we're cutting off the flow of support they could use to further destabilize Zimbabwe."

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IOL: AU supports plan critical of Mugabe

January 05 2006


The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, the human rights arm of the African Union (AU), has adopted an unprecedented resolution strongly condemning “continuing” human rights abuses by President Robert Mugabe’s government.

The harshly worded resolution was adopted after the commission’s 38th ordinary session in Banjul, Gambia, last month. It said the commission was “deeply concerned” about the “continuing human rights violations” in Zimbabwe.

However, it remains to be seen whether the resolution will have any impact on African leaders who have continually backed Mugabe despite his abysmal record.

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