Zimbabwe opposition abandons protests after arrests
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Opponents of veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe have abandoned plans for a series of anti-government protests after the organisers were arrested in a police crackdown.
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JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean police yesterday arrested 20 supporters of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai after he was cleared of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe, although most were later released, an opposition party official said.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s main opposition party ruled out taking part in elections yesterday unless President Robert Mugabe&#39;s regime complies with tough new rules established
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and others arrested and alleged to have been beaten by police after a protest against President Robert Mugabe will appear in court later on Tuesday, a defense lawyer said.
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Armed police broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies on Sunday, arresting Zimbabwe's country's main opposition leader and dozens of others, witnesses said.
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Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabweâs main opposition party, beseeched South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop his âquiet support for the dictatorshipâ of President Robert Mugabe.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change said Wednesday that it would boycott future elections until the government reforms election laws, ends what the movement calls state-sponsored political violence and repeals what it terms repressive media and security laws.
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Harare - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was found innocent on treason charges on Friday that his party maintained all along were a bid by the government to frame him.
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Zimbabwe police ban protests as Robert Mugabe marks his 83rd birthday by vowing to stay on as president.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has cancelled a mass rally in Harare after police used teargas and water cannon to disperse supporters in defiance of a court order.
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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 opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai shows defiance after being beaten while in police custody.
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Hungary's Fidesz opposition on   Thursday called off its planned anti-government rally at the   weekend, which the government had warned would cause week-long   violent protests to escalate.
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Riot police quashed labor union protests   across Zimbabwe on Wednesday, arresting union leaders and   dozens of other protesters in a national show of force by   President Robert Mugabe's government.
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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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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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JOHANNESBURG, March 13 -- Two harrowing days in police custody have left Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with serious physical injuries but also renewed standing as head of an anti-government movement that is showing more energy than it has in years.