Squatter homes, market stalls destroyed in Zimbabwe's 'restore order' campaign.(WORLD) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: June 17, 2005| Author: Anderson, David E. | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Religious and human rights groups, along with a top U.N. official, are calling on the Zimbabwe government to end its campaign of evicting the urban poor and destroying their shacks and market stalls.

An estimated 200,000 people have lost their homes and another 30,000 have been arrested or detained since the government began its "cleanup" May 19, according to Miloon Kothari, a U.N. expert on housing.

"We are seeing in the world, and Zimbabwe is a good example ...

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