Zimbabwe's PM May Face Treason in WikiLeaks Fallout

Zimbabwe’s prime minister could face treason charges over material in WikiLeaks’ cable releases, the Guardian reports. One leaked cable suggests Morgan Tsvangirai said sanctions against his country “must be kept in place.” Now the attorney general is planning an investigation. “The WikiLeaks appear to show a treasonous collusion between local Zimbabweans and the aggressive international world, particularly the United States,” he said. High treason can bring the death penalty.

President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has urged the creation of a law that would label calls for sanctions treason. In the same leaked cable, the Guardian notes, Tsvangirai calls for “flexibility” in the sanctions. Making a case based on WikiLeaks cables would be tough, says an expert, since it would “have to investigate everything WikiLeaks has discussed, including officials from Zanu-PF.”
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