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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe. The demonstration coincided with a bleak new warning by the head of the Zimbabwe state central bank that the nation is broke and using foreign currency needed for fuel and spare parts on food.
The National Constitutional Assembly said it had marched in Harare and the cities of Bulawayo, Mutare, Masvingo and Gweru. Police had arrested 50 demonstrators in Harare and 25 in Mutare, it said.
"Police brutality against demonstrators is a clear sign that we are living in a military state where freedom of expression and association is not respected," the group said in a statement.
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