Zim cops arrest 78 women

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Harare - Police arrested 78 women over the weekend when they tried to hold a protest to mark World Refugee Day and draw attention to the plight of Zimbabweans who they say are living like refugees, their lawyer said on Monday.

The women, some of them bystanders, were arrested in the second city of Bulawayo on Saturday where activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) were attempting to stage a demonstration, lawyer Lucas Nkomo said.

"It appears there was an indiscriminate arrest of women and there was a huge number who were not participating in the demonstration," he said.

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