(CNBC) Zimbabwe police beat protesters as opposition denounces ‘fascist’ government

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UPDATE 3-Zimbabwe police beat protesters as opposition denounces ‘fascist’ government
Published an hour ago
Reuters  MacDonald Dzirutwe

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* MDC party loses court bid to overturn govt ban on protest

* Police disperse impromtu demo with batons, tear gas

* MDC: country back in ‘fire’ of repression, echoing Mugabe

* Armed police block access to party’s Harare HQ

* President Mnangagwe yet to make good on reform pledges (Recasts with police clash with MDC supporters)

HARARE, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe police fired tear gas and beat scores of opposition supporters gathered in central Harare on Friday, as authorities moved to enforce a ban on an anti-government protest that the country’s high court had upheld.

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BBC:

Zimbabwe police beat protesters in violent crackdown

Zimbabwe police fired tear gas and beat opposition supporters who defied a ban to gather for anti-government protest in central Harare on Friday.

The main opposition group had called off the protests at the last minute, after failing to overturn a police ban.

However, more than a hundred Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters who had already gathered in the city, were violently dispersed by police.

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