Joyce Hackel

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Joyce Hackel is a producer at The World.

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Zimbabwe Jails Beatrice Mtetwa, Clamps Down on Opposition

March 19, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace attend the inaugural mass of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Photo: Stefano Rellandini / Reuters)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace attend the inaugural mass of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Photo: Stefano Rellandini / Reuters)

Zimbabwe’s residents overwhelming endorsed a new constitution this weekend, agreeing to limit the powers of the presidency.

But after the vote, authorities arrested three senior opposition officials, as well as renowned human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa.

New York Times correspondent Lydia Polgreen in Harare gets the details to anchor Marco Werman.

Below watch the trailer to the new documentary “Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law”:

Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law-Trailer from Lorie Conway on Vimeo.

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