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- 1 2 Polgreen, Lydia (2013-03-17). "Zimbabwe Arrests Opposition Officials and a Human Rights Lawyer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ↑ Court orders police to find Mukoko Archived December 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Zimbabwe Situation". www.zimbabwesituation.com. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
