Zimbabwe: Student leaders arrested

By: ZWNews, November 10, 2005 Harare - Police yesterday arrested six student leaders at the restive University of Zimbabwe (UZ) while union leaders arrested on Tuesday for organising street protests remained in detention as President Robert Mugabe resorted to iron-fist tactics to crush swelling public discontent. Armed police swooped on the UZ campus in the afternoon, grabbed student leaders they found addressing students about hardships at the campus, beat up some of the leaders before taking them away for detention. DD 11.10.2005

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