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Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was among one of the several Zimbabwean human rights activists that won awards in 2008 when she was awarded the Committee to Project Journalists Lifetime Achievement award.
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The Movement for Democratic Change hired Zimbabwean-born South African lawyer Jeremy Gauntlet, in what it termed Operation Gauntlet, to represent the party in its 2002 presidential elections challenge because the party wanted to attract international attention.
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President Robert Mugabe and his government will face the same ignominious exit as former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith did or it could even be worse, the Financial Gazette warned as the country celebrated its 22nd anniversary.
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Defence Forces Chief Vitalis Zvinavashe said the highest office in the land- the presidency- was a straightjacket whose occupant was expected to observe the objectives of the liberation struggle.
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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan told vibe-President Joseph Msika that the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act offered more incentives than sanctions.
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Two journalists who were arrested shortly after the March 2008 elections for practising without accreditation had their cases thrown out after their lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa argued that the case had no merit.
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Police are reported to have raided York Lodge where staffers of the National Democratic Institute that had assisted the Zimbabwe Election Support Network with its parallel vote counting in the 2008 elections were staying.
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Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was nominated by the United States embassy in Harare for the International Women of Courage Award for 2008.
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A peaceful march by about 40 lawyers to protest the arrest of two human rights colleagues, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, ended with violence as riot police used batons to disperse and beat up the crowd.
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