riot police

Riot police tried to stop lawyers Gift Mtisi, Beatrice Mtetwa and Doug Coltart from briefing journalists about the outcome of an application by journalist Hopewell Chin’ono for exception to charges of inciting public violence.
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BULAWAYO - Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests. Apparently, the police were reacting to fake news posted on WhatsApp.
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Two journalists from the Daily News were yesterday left for dead after police fired rubber bullets at them while they were covering a demonstration that rocked parts of Harare’s central business district.
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Police ran riot in Harare yesterday as they indiscriminately shot at pedestrians and motorists after they ruthlessly descended on protesters who were demonstrating against the deteriorating economic situation that has triggered a wave of…
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A Harare Magistrate was yesterday told how a Hatfield man and his wife  were subjected to vicious assaults by members of the riot police who were controlling traffic at a busy intersection until the husband lapsed in a horrific incident…
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MORE PICTURES: Riot police have disrupted and teargassed a rally organised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) in Zvishavane today.
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By Patson Dzamara Today, I gained a thorough and in depth appreciation of what we are really up against. I am now thoroughly convinced that this country is run by a despicable mafia called ZANU PF. We do not have a government.…
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HARARE - Just hours after President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party issued a statement condemning xenophobic attacks in South Africa, riot police in Harare savagely assaulted a prominent human rights activist protesting the same issue.
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ABOUT 10 armed riot police officers kicked open the door, barged into my office at Harvest House and indiscriminately began assaulting me with batons and fists, in the process asking me to give them their helmet and baton.
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HARARE - The ruling Zanu PF party and its government has resorted to its old systems of intimidating civilians and opposition political parties by maintaining a heavy police presence at the opposition headquarters and other public spaces.
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