1.   Britain, the United States and other western countries have accused Mugabe of trying to repress opposition through government-sanctioned violence and oppressive new laws.

2.   He has been criticized widely for trying to squash the opposition using oppressive new laws and government-sanctioned violence.

3.   The motion also called on the government to enact its own anti-subversion code, rather than leave a vacuum which China could fill with more oppressive laws.

4.   The oppressive laws date from British colonial rule.