Charges Dropped in Zimbabwe Campus Protests
Associated Press
HARARE, Zimbabwe —
Prosecutors Friday withdrew charges against four lecturers and six students alleged to have fanned violent anti-government protests at the Zimbabwe University.
About 400 students ran through the grounds of the Harare Magistrate’s Court chanting and raising victory salutes after Prosecutor Tadius Karwi said the state decided to drop the charges. Karwi said, however, that the state reserved the right to file new charges against the 10 under law-and-order regulations.
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