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Zim protest organisers held
13/09/2006 15:07 - (SA)
Harare - Police in Zimbabwe arrested on Wednesday the organisers of a major anti-government protest, said a union spokesperson.
According to Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions spokesperson Mlamleni Sibanda, the organisation's president Lovemore Matombo and secretary-general Wellington Chibebe were among a group of 18 ZCTU members detained at the starting point of the rally.
The arrests came as part of a massive operation by the security services to thwart the unauthorised rally called to protest the economic crisis in the southern African country, blamed on veteran President Robert Mugabe.
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