In Zimbabwe, 50 opposition activists have been released from prison after prosecutors failed to appear at their court hearing. The activists were rounded up Sunday in a police crackdown on a mass protest. Several were badly beaten. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was released from the hospital earlier today. Meanwhile, President Robert Mugabe dismissed Western criticism of the protest crackdown.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe: “Now when they criticize government that is trying to prevent that violence or to punish the perpetrators of that violence, then of course we take the position that they can go hang.”