The Chronicle of Higher Education

Zimbabwe Cracks Down on Students After Tuition Protests

By MEGAN LINDOW

Cape Town

Dozens of university students in Zimbabwe have been arrested -- and a number of them tortured -- in recent weeks, following a spate of protests on campuses across the country over tuition increases of as much as 1,000 percent introduced earlier this year, according to student groups and human rights lawyers.

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