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Two journalists and the lawyer for a third have been arrested in Zimbabwe in recent days, their spokesmen said Thursday, amid signs that the Zimbabwean government is intensifying a post-election crackdown.

Word of the arrests comes a day after the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, said that 25 of its supporters have been killed since the disputed March 29 presidential election and church groups reported the deaths of eight people at the hands of militias.

A government spokesman said those arrested Thursday had no respect for the country's laws. Read full article »

CNN's Nkepile Mabuse in Johannesburg, South Africa, contributed to this report.

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