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Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
129 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Beatrice Mtetwa, one of Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyers, said on Friday that she had pressed assault charges against a police officer who arrested her this week after she had undergone an attempted hijacking and was repeatedly punched, kicked and strangled for over three hours.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/rights/17831 [5]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [6]

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