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The editor of an independent Zimbabwean newspaper has been arrested.
Davison Maruziva, editor of The Standard newspaper, was taken by police from the newspaper’s office Thursday, the publisher said.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said prominent human-rights lawyer Harrison Nkomo was also arrested in central Harare on Wednesday. Police could not be reached for comment.
Maruziva was accused of publishing “false statements prejudicial to the state,” said Iden Wetherell, group projects editor of The Standard, which is published Sundays, and its sister newspaper, the Zimbabwe Independent business and political weekly.
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Page compiled from Tribune news services
