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Zimbabwe police said on Tuesday they had arrested 95 people on charges of promoting public violence for taking part in demonstrations that called for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to leave power.
The group appeared before a court the day after Monday’s protests mobilised by a one-time veteran of Mnangagwa’s ZANU-PF party that has held power of the impoverished southern African country since independence in 1980.
The men and women in custody were among 200 people who had gathered at Harare’s Freedom Square and thrown stones at police, also temporarily barricading a main road, according to a copy of the police charges.
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ZIMBABWEANS PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA
They had chanted slogans such as “Enough is Enough” and “Mnangagwa must go”, it said.
These acts were unlawful in terms of laws against breaching the peace and participating in a gathering with the intent to promote public violence, it said.
ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 95 PEOPLE FOR TAKING PART IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
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