By Lance Guma
14 July 2005

There is mounting concern that a significant number of state security agents from Zimbabwe are infiltrating groups in the UK under the pretext of helping asylum seekers or even claiming asylum themselves. Several meetings have been disrupted by rowdy elements who claim to be genuine activists. The growing fear is that Mugabe is sending spies into the UK who will be collecting information on activists in the country.

Wiz Bishop, an activist based in London, has warned all asylum seekers in the UK to be careful who they approach for help. She believes it's important not to divulge personal details to people whose background is not clearly known.

A weekly activist meeting known as the Forum was disrupted on Monday when a group of three individuals Nobel Sibanda, Edward Kambarani and Isaiah Mugobi continuously interjected in discussions taking place. Sibanda, who heads the United Network of Detained Zimbabweans, says the allegations are not true and that the other associations feel threatened by their work.