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Zimbabwe police release unionists after protest march
Reuters
November 11, 2005

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11426867.htm

HARARE - Zimbabwe police on Friday freed trade unionists who were arrested and charged earlier this week with public disorder when they tried to march against worsening poverty in the southern African country, their lawyer said.

Lawyer Alec Muchadehama told Reuters that some of the 119 members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) had been set free while others would be released soon.

The ZCTU members were charged under the country's tough security laws, which critics say were crafted to stifle dissent and opposition to President Robert Mugabe's government.

Muchadehama said police would proceed by way of summons against the group, which usually takes months.

"Some of them have been released while some of them are actually going through the paperwork (before being released) as I speak and we expect everyone to be out today," Muchadehama said.

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