Police block ailing Zimbabwe doctor from leaving country

A Zimbabwean doctor desperate to leave the country for medical treatment after his recent abduction has been blocked after police approached the High Court asserting he is "unfit to travel."
Police dismissed accusations that they are preventing the doctor from traveling, saying they are providing him with protection "for his own personal safety."
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, a non-governmental group helping the doctor, described the police assertions as "shocking."