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Zimbabwean authorities deport German citizen
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
March 26, 2011

Zimbabwean authorities on Saturday 26 March 2011 reportedly deported Yvonne Paperndorf, a German citizen who was arrested on Friday 25 March 2011.

Paperndorf, who works in Germany for an organisation called Bread for the World, was arbitrarily picked up by three unidentified men from Pandhari Lodge in Glen Lorne, Harare, where she was residing.

Paperndorf was visiting the country and was participating in a meeting on Human Rights Defenders (HRD)s that Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) had organised.

Immigration officials reportedly deported Paperndorf on an Ethiopian flight around lunchtime on Saturday 26 March 2011.

On Friday 25 March 2011, lawyers from ZLHR had mounted a search for Paperndorf and failed to locate her. By Saturday night lawyers had not yet received any communication regarding the location of Paperndorf.

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