Police disperse crowd at Zimbabwe treason trial
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Zimbabwean police dispersed a crowd of opposition supporters on Friday outside Harare&#39;s High Court, which is due to hand down its verdict in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe. The demonstration coincided with a bleak new warning by the head of the Zimbabwe state central bank that the nation is broke and using foreign currency needed for fuel and spare parts on food.
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Six men, including a former Zimbabwe army officer, will go on trial next Friday for allegedly plotting a coup against President Robert Mugabe, their lawyer said.
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Police with riot sticks pushed several hundred protesters away from a courthouse Friday where a judge was to announce the verdict in the treason trial of popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party has filed a high court petition calling for the jailing of police chiefs who ordered the break-up of a rally which had been given the go-ahead, their lawyer said Wednesday.
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South African police raided a downtown church Wednesday night where hundreds of Zimbabweans had taken refuge, hauling people in pajamas to a police station in scenes reminiscent of apartheid-era raids
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Zimbabwe&#39;s Movement For Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai enters the High Court for his treason trial in Harare, Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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Zimbabwean riot police arrested the country's top opposition leader on Sunday as they suppressed a planned prayer rally in a crackdown on protests against President Robert Mugabe.
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building in central Harare under the watchful eyes of dozens of riot police toting batons or rifles. More riot police set up roadblocks on some of Harare&#39;s main roads, searching vehicles heading towards the city centre.
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Zimbabwe riot police arrested more than  200 opposition activists and officials on Saturday during a  meeting they were holding at their party headquarters, an  opposition spokesman said.
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Zimbabwean riot police thwarted a mass anti-government protest Sunday by rounding up dozens of opposition activists as veteran leader Robert Mugabe revealed ambitions for another term as president.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai cancelled a planned mass rally in Harare after police blocked supporters from attending the gathering in defiance of a court order.
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A judge in Harare is expected to deliver his verdict in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Zimbabwe police said more than 200  opposition activists and officials arrested on Saturday were  suspects in recent petrol bomb attacks on police stations,  shops and some government supporters.
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Scores of supporters of Zimbabwe's  opposition leader gathered outside the high court on Friday to  hear the verdict in his treason trial, which could see him  sentenced to death.
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Zimbabwean riot police arrested the country's top opposition leader on Sunday as they crushed a planned prayer rally in a crackdown on protests against President Robert Mugabe.
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JOHANNESBURG Surprising many critics of Zimbabwe&#39;s government, that nation&#39;s highest court on Friday acquitted the leading political opposition figure, Morgan Tsvangirai, on treason charges after a yearlong trial left the prosecution&#39;s case in shambles.