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CABINET has approved changes to the criminal law to allow the criminalisation and prosecution of \u201cunauthorised communication or negotiation by private citizens with foreign governments\u201d.<\/p>\n

The development was confirmed by information publicity and broadcasting services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, at Tuesday\u2019s post-cabinet media briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 the Vienna Convention on diplomatic Relations (1961) only recognises States as legitimate players in foreign relations and negotiations,\u201d said the minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrivate players thus have no business in foreign relations and negotiations between countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the weekend, Zimbabwe and the region marked the second SADC Day against sanctions imposed by the West to punish Harare for its land reforms.<\/p>\n

Now in place for two decades, the crippling sanctions were imposed at the active instigation of local opposition parties and anti-Zimbabwe civil society groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amendments will criminalise the conduct of isolated citizens or groups who, for self-gain cooperate or continue to connive with hostile foreign governments to inflict suffering on Zimbabwean citizens and to cause damage to national interests,\u201d said Minister Mutsvangwa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CABINET has approved changes to the criminal law to allow the criminalisation and prosecution of \u201cunauthorised communication or negotiation by private citizens with foreign governments\u201d. The development was confirmed by information publicity and broadcasting services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, at Tuesday\u2019s post-cabinet media briefing. \u201c\u2026 the Vienna Convention on diplomatic Relations (1961) only recognises States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[693],"class_list":["post-29425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-mutsvangwa"],"yoast_head":"\nZimbabwe cabinet approves law to prosecute citizens calling for sanctions - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CABINET has approved changes to the criminal law to allow the criminalisation and prosecution of \u201cunauthorised\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe cabinet approves law to prosecute citizens calling for sanctions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CABINET has approved changes to the criminal law to allow the criminalisation and prosecution of \u201cunauthorised\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-27T20:25:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/Minister-Monica-Mutsvangwa-in-attendance-at-the-GEMS-send-off-dinner-in-Harare-last-night-600x330-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe cabinet approves law to prosecute citizens calling for sanctions\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-27T20:25:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/Minister-Monica-Mutsvangwa-in-attendance-at-the-GEMS-send-off-dinner-in-Harare-last-night-600x330-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Mutsvangwa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cabinet-approves-law-to-prosecute-citizens-calling-for-sanctions\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe cabinet approves law to prosecute citizens calling for sanctions - 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