ZIMBABWE STOPS ACTIVISTS LEAVING !

Sekai Holland was badly beaten in police custody, the MDC says. Three leading Zimbabwean opposition members have been prevented from going abroad and one of them was beaten up on his way to the airport, reports say.
Nelson Chamisa was beaten as he tried to leave for Brussels on Sunday to attend a meeting, the opposition said.
Grace Kwinje and Sekai Holland had planned to seek treatment in South Africa for injuries sustained in police custody, their lawyer said.
Earlier, the African Union urged Harare to respect human rights in the country.
In a statement, the pan-African body also called for a "constructive dialogue" to resolve Zimbabwe's deepening crisis.
Western criticism of Robert Mugabe's government intensified after Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was beaten after last Sunday's rally in Harare.
'Arbitrary act'
Mr Chamisa, an MDC spokesman, was "badly beaten this morning whilst he was on his way to the airport by security agents", MDC official William Bango told AFP news agency.

Things were bad, things are bad, but I think this crisis has reached the tipping point and we could be seeing the beginning of the end of this dictatorship
Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC leader

'Zimbabwe is still working'

He had been on his way to attend an Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU meeting in Belgium.
"The security agents have taken his passport, laptop and his luggage," said Mr Bango. "One of his eyes has been badly injured. It's really bad. His head has been severely injured."
Ms Holland and Ms Kwinje tried to go to South Africa to receive specialist treatment on Saturday evening, Tafadzwa Mugabe, a lawyer who accompanied them, told the BBC's World Today programme.
They were among a number of activists beaten while in police custody after being arrested last week.
Tafadzwa Mugabe said all their papers were in order but - just before boarding the flight - the authorities said the two women needed an additional "clearance letter from the ministry of health".
"This was just an arbitrary act," the lawyer said, adding that they would be taking legal action.
He said that the condition of the two women activists remained critical.
He added that Arthur Mutambara - the leader of one faction of the MDC - was also prevented by the police from leaving the country, though he was not seeking medical help.
'Tipping point'
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has told the BBC's Sunday AM programme that the situation has reached a critical stage.
"Well I think that this is a tipping point," he said.
"Things were bad, things are bad, but I think this crisis has reached the tipping point and we could be seeing the beginning of the end of this dictatorship."
President Mugabe has rejected Western criticism and blamed the opposition for instigating the violence.
Mr Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for 27 years, but there is increasing discontent over the country's economic crisis.

BBC NEWS REPORT.