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Contributor [1]
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
104 [3]
Article-Summary: 

It was a trip that had become almost routine. As a lawyer, Gugulethu Moyo was accustomed to visiting Harare police stations, but last Tuesday she walked into a nightmare when she attempted to secure the release of a photographer arrested while covering Zimbabwe's two-day national strike. The 28-year-old lawyer endured vicious beatings and two nights behind bars on the whim of the wife of Zimbabwe's army commander.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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Country: 
Zimbabwe [6]

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