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Opponents of Mugabe arrested in crackdown

THE editor of an independent Zimbabwe newspaper and a prominent human rights lawyer have been arrested in a crackdown on Robert Mugabe’s opponents.

Fri, 09 May, 2008 - 01:00

Davison Maruziva, editor of the Standard, was taken by police from the newspaper’s office yesterday, the paper’s publisher said.

Lawyer Harrison Nkomo was arrested in central Harare on Wednesday.

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