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January 23, 2019

Zimbabwe: Popular Protests Met with Violence by Military
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In Zimbabwe, growing unrest has been met with escalating violence,
including deaths and multiple accounts of torture. Some reports put the
number of Zimbabweans killed at over 12. Nationwide protests started
last week, following the government's move to more than double the cost
of fuel. In response, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa
ordered an internet blackout and deployed military forces to counter the
uprising. This is Sheila Matindike of the Zimbabwe's Human Rights
Commission describing recent attacks by the military.

Sheila Matindike: "They would arrive at people's houses at night or in
the early hours of the day and ask all men to go outside and lie on the
ground. They would then beat up all the men, including boys as young as
11 years, and then ask them to run, or arrest them."